Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some days later Gwenellen told me he had attended his first follow-up clinic two days previously . |
| 2 | David said : ‘ Kylie told me she wanted our romance to end because she had a lot of pressure from work — she was always very busy . ’ |
| 3 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 4 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Jeff told me you promised your parents that you 'd treat them to a holiday this autumn in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary — but that now you 're starting to worry about how you 're going to pay for it . |
| 6 | And Quinn added : ‘ Bobby told me he needs somebody to put the ball in the net . |
| 7 | Dana told me she had been a tougher nut for Daine to crack , and had had her mind scrambled and unscrambled several times . |
| 8 | In a rare interview , Arkan told me he did not despise Albanian people . |
| 9 | ‘ But Swod told me he transferred — from MI6 to the Security Service . |
| 10 | Mrs Dempster told me you were still asleep when she went in . ’ |
| 11 | Marie told me she 'd teach me to swim one day . |
| 12 | I was OK till Marie told me she was going away , and now I feel all sad . |
| 13 | Marie told me I should n't leave it on when I ai n't in the room , and here I am — the first day she 's gone and I 've gone and left it on . |
| 14 | Frankie warned me he was comin' down the street so we wheeled it into the pantry until he 'd gone . |
| 15 | When Suor Eusebia saw me she greeted me with an approving smile . |
| 16 | Mr Baker told me he thought the decision to exclude Enid Blyton had proved a brilliant ploy to attract attention away from our more serious and controversial proposals . |
| 17 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 18 | ‘ Taylor told me he would have me watched in future games . |
| 19 | ‘ But Steve Coppell told me I could n't have him until he found a replacement . |
| 20 | Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do |
| 21 | Sarah told me it will be in two years . |
| 22 | ‘ Sarah told me you went to Confession and Holy Communion at Easter . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Another story touching on wet days : poor old Mrs Suggett told me it . |
| 24 | Yes , when Matt told me he was going to marry her it was a surprise — a shock . ’ |
| 25 | Jim told me they went he went and fore sixteen times one night . |
| 26 | ‘ I — I ought not to be telling you this , but Lady Lavinia told me she would … leave me something . ’ |
| 27 | Ma told me he killed a man once and that 's why they had to leave Ireland . |
| 28 | ‘ Why , Taggy told me she had been obliged to deny entrance both to Tiverton and to Finchingfield . ’ |
| 29 | I 've no learning , no education ; I dare n't tell my husband , I pretended Gregorio told me he was going away , but it 's not true . ’ |
| 30 | We run the amps at 110/120v , although Brian May told me he thinks they sound best at 220v . |