Example sentences of "i [verb] told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish I 'd told him to , to … ’ |
| 2 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 3 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 4 | I 'd told him that he had fainted , which he found fascinating . |
| 5 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 6 | But I remembered I 'd told him to go to bed ; he 'd be asleep by now . |
| 7 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 8 | " What if I 'd told him that the Avignon was carrying a young man named Charles Sherman who 's destined one day maybe to become the President of the United States ? " |
| 9 | ( He gawped at me as if I 'd told him to swim the Atlantic . ) |
| 10 | It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree . |
| 11 | I 'd told him . |
| 12 | I 'd told him in his office it would do no good , but he insisted . |
| 13 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 14 | I 'd told them I had immigration problems and that they 'd stopped my benefit . |
| 15 | Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know . |
| 16 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 17 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 18 | ’ She told it to them much as I 'd told her myself . |
| 19 | Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked . |
| 20 | Stupid woman — I 'd told her to put you through if you called . ’ |
| 21 | Because I 'd told her it was funny this doctor never even touched her before he sent her in there . |
| 22 | I 'd told her I 'd been away filming in Scotland that night . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd told her I was doing contract construction work in the Middle East . |
| 24 | I 'd told her I worked for the Post and she said she 'd already told Rain all about it . ’ |
| 25 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 26 | I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party . |
| 27 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 28 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I 'd told you . ’ |
| 30 | Yes I did know she was going to be in Caracas and No I did n't tell you and Yes that was wrong but would it have been better if I 'd told you ? |