Example sentences of "[coord] tell [pers pn] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I keep thinking one of them will shove me in the ribs , or tell me that I 'm ugly . |
| 2 | Nor to tell her that it was women like her who prevented girls doing well in sciences . |
| 3 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 4 | They let me have one last look and told me that it belonged to someone in another band — which made me feel really guilty . |
| 5 | It was here that Tony gave me my ring and told me that my funghi marinati was the best he 'd ever had in spite of him getting an earful of it . |
| 6 | Adrian asked them the way to Woodbrook , then came back and told me that there was a ruined castle behind the shop . |
| 7 | However , a friendly priest emerged and told me that the whole church had been built , in an old-fashioned style , in 1935 . |
| 8 | Fagin drove into the cul de sac where I live , and told me that he had a permit for conducting his alleged legal trade . |
| 9 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 10 | As we were giving our hands he looked up at me intently and told me that in two days there would be a gypsy wedding . |
| 11 | The Director of Education for the county walked down the stairs with me after the decision had been made , and told me that ( of course ) I would be expected to pay early attention to the reorganization of the whole of secondary education in Banbury . |
| 12 | She calmed down , and told me that she had a sudden impression , walking across the little valley , of women and children in great danger ; nothing else , but a terrible feeling that women and children were about to be harmed . |
| 13 | I asked the dragon-lady if anyone had come in who was n't an owner or a groom , and she bridled like a thin turkey and told me that she had conscientiously checked every visitor against her list of bona fide owners , and only they had been admitted . |
| 14 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The reaction from my clients and business contacts was tremendous — perhaps some of them wish they had done the same — and one senior partner from the Big Six wrote and told me that his mother had been a great friend of Lady Reading , the WRVS 's founder , and that until he was 15 he thought all women dressed in green ! ’ |
| 16 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 17 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |
| 18 | Spoke my name and told me that I was about to be released . |
| 19 | His wife answered and told me that he was out on a call but she 'd give him my message . |
| 20 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 21 | The next I knew was when the boy came for me and told me that there were two dead bodies in the Little Vestry . |
| 22 | He flagged my car down to beg some drinking water , and told me that many of his animals would die if he was unable to reach water before nightfall . |
| 23 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 24 | Like many of the other female physics students , she rejected it and told me that she had no intention of continuing with physics afterwards . |
| 25 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 26 | The servant girl came into my chamber and told me that there was a ‘ sort of demon ’ downstairs , jabbering in a strange tongue . |
| 27 | He had already been involved in taking prisoners to the mountains and told me that he would now have to think of a way to get Eric there too . |
| 28 | His wife Betty was n't taken by the cake at all ; she wrote and told me that she did n't find the flavour to her taste . |
| 29 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 30 | He mentioned to me several cases that were outstanding and told me that he and other contractors are stopping doing work involving a Housing Executive grant because they have to wait anything up to three months to wait for payment after the work has been done . |