Example sentences of "told [pron] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read the two that survived , they have n't told them yet that the rest of their friends are dead because they they 're gon na be too traumatised |
| 2 | He 'd told them once that he 'd been married . |
| 3 | Father had told me repeatedly that as a woman my role was to surrender to a man : that submission and compliance would be the meaning of my life . |
| 4 | He does n't answer because his press officer has told me beforehand that he does n't intend to talk in any detail about it . |
| 5 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 6 | The Prison Governors Association has told me clearly that it opposes the Bill on the grounds that the measures that it contains are ’ too draconian ’ — I use its exact words . |
| 7 | ‘ Like , we know The Wedding Present and Dave Gedge has told me before that he 's jealous of us cos we can go off on tangents and do our own thing without losing an audience . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Like , we know The Wedding Present and Dave Gedge has told me before that he 's jealous of us cos we can go off on tangents and do our own thing without losing an audience . ’ |
| 9 | She must have told me once that I was lucky to have a warm bed to lie in at night . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , if anyone had told me then that one day this company would be performing Shakespeare , I 'd have thought they were mad . |
| 11 | Often Morton had told himself savagely that there would soon be a point at which he would lose interest in the prospect of salvaging them . |
| 12 | Rod Stewart , Have I told you lately that I love you . |
| 13 | Have I told you lately that I love you . |
| 14 | Okay my little sweetness bye , bye have I told you lately that I love you , oh yeah hurry up cos I 've got ta get out of here , I 've got to boot it , is there anything behind ? |
| 15 | I 've told you before that you must not interfere . ’ |
| 16 | And I 've told you before that I 've noticed an atmosphere in the office now and again . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've told you before that you ca n't leave without seeing Doctor , ’ said the Sister , arms akimbo as she stood in the middle of the ward . |
| 18 | However , the Minister knows that all the galleries — certainly the Tate and the national gallery — have told him strongly that the Government have the term of the trusteeships wrong . |
| 19 | She knew , for she had told him so that first night , that her situation , alone , unchaperoned , unprotected — and that was the worst of it ! — laid her open to advances . |
| 20 | She had told him then that her body was all she had to offer a man . |
| 21 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 22 | Kellett-Bowman ) , who wanted to retain the poll tax — I do not think that anyone has told her yet that the Conservatives propose to do away with it . |
| 23 | The lawyers had told her vaguely that a woman from the village came in to clean — but she had quite expected to find the furniture shrouded in dust-sheets , and a general air of cheerlessness such as is usually associated with empty houses . |
| 24 | If anyone had told her then that one day she would join the royal family she would have run a mile . |
| 25 | He had told her candidly that they were married women because , in his words , ‘ they were safe ’ ; they had their husbands to think about . |
| 26 | He 'd lied about so much else , and it was quite clear now why he 'd wanted to know so much about Ryan , where he was , what he 'd done ; he 'd wanted to know how much or how little Ryan had told her so that he did n't make the same mistakes . |
| 27 | Antoinette had told her so that day in Monpazier . |
| 28 | The Minister has told us today that he does not want to let us know what his proposals will be when he goes into negotiations . |
| 29 | He 'd told us earlier that he was planning on taking a woman to Tramp that night . |