Example sentences of "[art] [noun] told i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 2 | " That nice friend of yours who spent the week-end told me you had a lot of Oriental stuff , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |
| 3 | ‘ The dairyman told me you hated old families . ’ |
| 4 | The counter-girl told me I 'd have to wait for the manager . |
| 5 | The line tightening in the water told me they had done so , and I struck before all the bow had been taken out of the line . |
| 6 | The magistrate told me I would have to sort it out with the council , Rotherham M.B.C. , and they finally told me I would have to pay them £45 . |
| 7 | The Keeper told me she 's come all the way from the Western Isles of Scotland . |
| 8 | Or , The Captain told me it was all right . |
| 9 | On the morning of the operation day , the surgeon told me he thought Michael had only a few months to live . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ when I got my teacher 's job , the aunt told me I owed her a lot of money . |
| 11 | ‘ The teachers told me he 'd let the clots in with the cream . ’ |
| 12 | A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament . |
| 13 | Quite apart from the violence , the girls told me it was difficult to be friendly with white girls . |
| 14 | Later on , pleading a shortage of space , the reporter told me I would have no chance to answer . |
| 15 | The voice told me it was Cawthorne as much as if he 'd said ‘ spade bitch ’ . |
| 16 | The feller that did the wiring told me it was dangerous , especially with all the wood about . ’ |
| 17 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 18 | Distraught Christine , of Bell Farm , York , said : ‘ The doctors told me he could die any minute . ’ |
| 19 | The doctors told me he was unimproved by his stay with them . |
| 20 | The 21-year-old star — plucked from children 's TV last year to host TOTP — says : ‘ The doctors told me I had a very bad case of food poisoning . ‘ |
| 21 | The doctors told me I should n't talk so much . |
| 22 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 23 | The uniformed copper on the door told me he was only hanging about until he got the word on his ‘ talking brooch ’ radio that the forensic boys had n't forgotten anything and would n't need to come back . |
| 24 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 25 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |
| 26 | Said Harvey , at No. 22 with House Of Love : ‘ The doc told me it was just a food allergy . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The sergeant told me he had done all that was required and then got stroppy . |
| 28 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 29 | ‘ When the police told me I just cried . |
| 30 | ‘ The police told me you were here . |