Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 2 | For some months the engineers tried to obstruct and by-pass Smith , until Hacking told them firmly that there must be a considerable change of heart by all concerned to work together . |
| 3 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 4 | He told me later that he had only been a guard for fifteen months , also that the normal takings on this section of the line were approximately £10 , so he was only too pleased to work out a 26% discount for a group booking that realised BR £77.35 from our party . |
| 5 | People who visited Saddam 's bunker told me afterwards that it was like an underground city . |
| 6 | In fact , I remember when I first introduced him to my father and before he 'd said a word , I said , ‘ This is my father ’ who told me afterwards that he had n't realized that it was a boy because I mean … long hair — his hair was really long . |
| 7 | ‘ You never told me before that you did n't like my company , Catherine ! ’ cried Heathcliff . |
| 8 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 9 | A friend told me recently that she no longer called herself a Christian . |
| 10 | The caterers told me yesterday that they 've got thirty thousand people being wined and dined here in this tented village over the three days . |
| 11 | You told me yesterday that you hated the idea of marriage because you could n't stand jealous , possessive men . ’ |
| 12 | A member of my staff for instance , trying to report sickness absence , told me yesterday that she dialled our number and had to wait more than four minutes before being answered . |
| 13 | Mm , they told me though that there 's too much money coming in the house , you , you , you 're only allowed to have I think it 's about sixty something |
| 14 | I 'm not sure exactly where they 're stored , but Tiare told me once that her father ’ — that sounded an odd description of Gauguin — ‘ had given her mother instructions on how to protect them . |
| 15 | Told me , she actually told me once that she considered herself lucky to er , have met David , I reckon she did because er , she , she was divorced then and er of course , did n't she have a son ? |
| 16 | Without waiting , I asked her , ‘ You told me once that you 'd seen Sister Kenny treat a polio patient . ’ |
| 17 | He told me once that he had worked as a farm hand for six shillings a day for thirty years , yet still managed to save enough to buy his own little place . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but Edwin told me once that there was less than a dozen pictures altogether . |
| 19 | You told me once that it was important for a dancer to eat plenty of protein . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Years later , ’ recalled Sherrin , ‘ he told me ruefully that he envied David Hemmings , then still a boy soprano , who played the child lead . |
| 21 | I I I I 'm until you spoke to the collators department , they told you simply that they knew each other . |
| 22 | ‘ I told you before that he 's throwing your plans overboard one by one . |
| 23 | Also , how would you feel if your bosses came in and told you suddenly that you can move to another firm ‘ if you want to ’ . |
| 24 | If I told you now that we needed another five gangs of floor tilers or whatever it was which you had n't got enough of , it wo n't be floor tilers something you have n't got enough of , everything , could you get them by Monday ? |
| 25 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 26 | When he ordered her to open the safe , she told him truthfully that she did not carry the keys . |
| 27 | ‘ We talked about it , ’ said Jenny , ‘ because I told him frankly that I was in love with Jamie , and he looked at me as if I needed my head examined ! ’ |
| 28 | At least it got her out of his office without more lecturing , and when Glyn presented himself rather smugly she told him smartly that she intended to go to France and she intended to go alone . |
| 29 | John did not pray immediately but turned to his wife ; he told her tenderly that their hour of parting had come , the hour they had for so long anticipated . |
| 30 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |