Example sentences of "tell [pron] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
2 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
3 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
4 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
5 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
6 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
7 | I told her that I had you at work then yesterday , right , she says oh no another one , right , and ended up |
8 | I told her that I loved her . ’ |
9 | I told her that I loved her very much and wanted to marry her . |
10 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
11 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
12 | What I liked about this letter was the phrase ‘ if you tell me that I have it ’ . |
13 | If you can see a result If I talk to John Smith and tell him that I know he keeps riding on the pavement at you know , with no lights , it sounds minor , but the old age pensioner who keeps nearly getting missed , it 's very you know upsetting . |
14 | And if she says you were wrong to ask for the things , tell her that I say you were right , and that I was pleased to help . |
15 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
16 | And perhaps your arrogance tells you that I encouraged you — up to a point , that is — in the same way as I 'm supposed to have encouraged Rob . |
17 | ‘ Did I tell you that I love you ? |
18 | To give Mrs for the erm but do n't tell anybody that I got them , you know . |
19 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
20 | You did n't tell him that I got my |
21 | I would n't tell her that I got it from my friend , half of it , anyway . |
22 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
23 | Cos they keep telling cos I owe them so many hours they keep coming up to me and telling me that I owe them so many hours , you signed the contract saying you 've got whatever happens . |
24 | ‘ I remember telling you that I wanted nothing more to do with you ! ’ she snapped . |
25 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
26 | Be pleased to tell them that I remember them with great kindness and great respect . |
27 | I I th I 'm quite sure that you can go through that because you 're recognizing the patterns much more now , you 're accepting more things as , Oh yeah , you do n't need to tell me that I know it . |
28 | Regardless of the circumstances , or how I felt , or how much I needed to tell you that I loved you ? ’ |
29 | They were to tell him that I loved him … |
30 | I was too meek to tell her that I wished I was . |