Example sentences of "tell [pron] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gospel truth , gospel truth I talked to I er wrote to them yeah , and I told them I do n't want that that 's out that is . |
| 2 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 3 | I told them I did n't like their techniques . |
| 4 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 5 | And something told me I had n't behaved too well . |
| 6 | After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade . ’ |
| 7 | There was a printed card fixed above the doorbell which told me I had about ten minutes before visiting times were up . |
| 8 | Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots . |
| 9 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 10 | Cos he thought I 'd , I 'd smoke it , I was smoking and he did n't like it and then erm he told me I do n't wan na talk to you any more , blah , blah , blah , all that rubbish . |
| 11 | And if anybody says you should be calling him Uncle Adam you can say no I do n't need to because he told me I did n't alright ? |
| 12 | I suppose Stella told you I took over from Richard St Ives . ’ |
| 13 | Of course , I told you I had too much on my plate to be able to continue our correspondence , and I hope this is the reason you stopped writing . |
| 14 | In the full , serious voice again , Andrée said , ‘ I told you I tease hard . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you I 'd never heard of him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , what did you expect ? ’ she bit out , ‘ I told you I 'd never cooked before ! |
| 17 | ‘ I told you I have n't . |
| 18 | I told you I sat round there once and it took him an hour a whole hour , and I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating to fit or to put up half a sheet of wallpaper ! |
| 19 | If I 'm irritating , it 's probably because I 'm embarrassed ; I told you I do n't like the full face . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you I do n't feel good . |
| 21 | I already told you I do n't need to learn to sail . ’ |
| 22 | I told you I did n't count them . |
| 23 | ‘ I told you I did n't know anything about … ’ |
| 24 | I told you I did n't want to go there . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I told you I did n't , ’ Paul says . |
| 26 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 27 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 28 | I told him I had not . |
| 29 | ‘ I just told him I had n't won an Oscar for almost forty years and it was about time , that 's all . |
| 30 | When I told him I had n't , he disappeared inside again . |