Example sentences of "they told [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 2 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 3 | They told me that they came from the country near Lagrimone and that they had obtained permission to come to pray in the Santuario for their cousin who was fighting in Russia . |
| 4 | They told her that they would respond , but they have not done so . |
| 5 | They told him that they were prepared should he attempt to slip back to Ulster . |
| 6 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 7 | They told us that they were good poachers : they never poached deer , or cut fences , or ran their dogs near in-lamb ewes . |
| 8 | The answer is that they told us that they tried this several times and it did not work . |
| 9 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 10 | Well we did n't see them this week , they told us that they would n't be along did n't they ? |