Example sentences of "told [pers pn] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although one of the children suffered from tuberculosis , the corporation housing department had told them that they were unlikely to be housed . |
| 2 | Several times , she had told them that they were poor now . |
| 3 | Yes , but there 's no point you doing it that because it 's like , if they are a waste of space you 're not going to be able to get rid of them because you 've told them that they 're a waste of space , it needs to be something that 's much more positive , than just going round saying that . |
| 4 | Can I just quite clearly put on record , and it 's a unanimous decision of the board , we wrote to Edinburgh District a few weeks ago , we 've told them that we will use our best endeavours David , to prosecute the application at Hammerston If we get planning consent and we decide that we ca n't afford a new stadium in total , because of the economic situation , we are aggressively re-looking at the redevelopment of Tynecastle . |
| 5 | If they if you have n't told them that we want a banker 's order signed all right ? |
| 6 | Banker 's order they 'll use if if you have n't told them that we want a banker 's order signed . |
| 7 | ‘ We have told them that we are issuing a document and if they make allegations of corruption , we will sue . |
| 8 | I 've told them that my power is finished . |
| 9 | No one has told them that your hotel is eight miles from the nearest town , which in fact is only an overgrown village . |
| 10 | A few days later he had a letter from a listener asking him why he 'd told them that his gas bill was arriving the following day . |
| 11 | I have told them that I am satisfied that John is having a suitably full and varied programme with plenty of work experience . |
| 12 | ‘ I just do n't think you should have told them that I do n't have any confidence with women . ’ |
| 13 | I 've told them that I 'm hoping to replace their old hard-hat helmets with this new scuba equipment , but they think I 'm joking when I tell them they wo n't have any hoses to the surface . " |
| 14 | ‘ I 've told them that I was fighting Franco and he 's a Fascist the same as Hitler , but once these fellows get an idea in their heads they just do n't listen . ’ |
| 15 | Not really , no it 's held by muscles and ligaments , hello Graham , I have told them that you 're coming , this is Graham |
| 16 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 17 | But Lazio have told them that he is covered by the policy taken out by the Italians at the time of his summer signing from Tottenham . |
| 18 | In addition their father had told them that he wanted to speak to them in his study afterwards , and although he had given no indication what chastisement he planned , they knew from the severity of his expression that he was angrier than they had ever seen him before . |
| 19 | That is admitted it , the defendants also erm that Mr had told them that he , the bank had approved the loan facilities an and that he wanted to move quickly to er exchange of contracts . |
| 20 | So where , as in Morgan , defendants claim that they believed the woman was consenting , because her husband ( who was present ) had told them that she enjoyed a struggle , their case is simply that they lacked the fault element required for the crime . |
| 21 | It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job . ’ |
| 22 | Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home . |
| 23 | Well my head man 's told me that everything 's okay and he 's eat up well this morning and , and , he 's doing well . |
| 24 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 25 | Although Mr Salmon had already told me that we had declared war against the Germans almost a year ago — none of us having heard of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — we only found out how serious it was when a lot of young lads who had worked in the market began to disappear off to ‘ the front ’ to be replaced by their younger brothers — and sometimes even sisters . |
| 26 | Numbers of young women have told me that they look upon life in quite a different light now that they learn that nature has not been so cruel to them , as to give them but the choice of a married life , in which probably all the highest aims of life must be sacrificed , and the wife reduced to the level of a breeding animal , or a life of celibacy . |
| 27 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
| 28 | ‘ The told me that they alone had cracked the system ; they said only they could fix up proper contracts with local authorities on behalf of their clients . |
| 29 | They 've told me that they treat all forms of cancer and that there is hope . |
| 30 | The new Middlesbrough to Liverpool service starts on May 11 , but Liberal Democrat councillor John Fletcher , who represents Egglescliffe , said : ‘ Residents of the area I represent have told me that they are disappointed the train will not stop at Eaglescliffe . |