Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] told i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 2 | IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES , a black cop sat in his office above the Criminal Courts and told me of his seven years with the Hardcore Gang Unit of the District Attorney 's office : ‘ I have n't worked on anything but a murder since I started here . ’ |
| 3 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 4 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 5 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 6 | I accepted Benjamin 's words but , when I questioned him on why I should wear it , he just smiled , waved a bony hand and told me to be patient . |
| 7 | My wife read an article in the hairdressers about Taxol and told me about it . |
| 8 | It was a costly venture , of course , since Tonga is a very great distance from almost everywhere ; but a glossy journal owned by an extremely wealthy New Yorker thought that a visit to ‘ The Island Where Time Starts ’ could make an agreeable tale , therefore handed me a sheaf of air tickets and a small sum in hard currency and told me to be on my way . |
| 9 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |