Example sentences of "[num] [noun] told i that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One friend told me that he regularly got 35 m.p.g. from a petrol-engined Land Rover . ) |
| 2 | One student told me that they were watching and waiting . |
| 3 | One woman told me that it was the day she was able to swim the width of the local pool after years of being afraid . |
| 4 | One man told me that they left a rough sort of ramp at one side of the corn , and the horse slid down this on to the middlestead . |
| 5 | The most obvious change appears to be an even greater enthusiasm to be called at Question time ; one Member told me that he , like others was tabling a lot more Questions for oral answer to try to secure a television slot , and the Speaker confirmed that television had made Members generally anxious to be called , both for Questions and in debates at prime time . |