Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] i tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in a supermarket , I do n't know where it was but somewhere in the states and I told you I think they 're boast were sixty something varieties of peanut butter . |
| 2 | I had just got to the part when I told them ‘ You will have to take the oath of allegiance to … ’ when one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘ Ma'am , the King is dead . ’ |
| 3 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 4 | This seemed to me a poor reason for making the announcement and I told him that I strongly disapproved of his breach of trust . |
| 5 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
| 6 | She got a , I think she got a bit of a shock you know she actually probably thought she was better than she was and a lot of people had been giving her a lot of pats on the back and I tell you where half of that emanated from was down the corridor . |
| 7 | I told him about paint work under the bonnet , Mark had they 'd mentioned some paint work had got ta be dealt with and that passenger door with the draught and I told them that . |
| 8 | " My mother is threatening to dismiss all the staff unless I tell her which one of them admitted me back into the house last night . |
| 9 | I still have n't given , that 's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I do n't think I 've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I 've got them . |
| 10 | ‘ He says I 'm the champ and I told him to tell everyone . |
| 11 | ‘ They asked me if there was anything worn under the kilt and I told them no , it was all in good working order , ’ remarked Lewis drily . |
| 12 | And all the lies that I told you were to try to escape the lie that was my life . |
| 13 | Influencing others — ‘ Do n't confirm the tickets until I tell you . ’ |
| 14 | We 've , we 've just been told to write it about either kidnapping or erm about the thing that I told you |
| 15 | Go to the wagon till I tell you . |
| 16 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 17 | It was a warm night and I saw the moon shining on the sea as I told my story . |
| 18 | You 've been to Glasgow and seen the tenements there , the filth and the meanness of the streets but I tell you Glasgow is nothing compared with this place . |
| 19 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 20 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |