Example sentences of "told [pron] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone told me that even the ultimate big boss himself was planning to look in this evening — probably to inspect your body and soul , now that he owns them . ’ |
| 2 | Only last week , I spoke to a garage owner who told me that almost every other customer was either losing a job or had just lost one in the past month or so . |
| 3 | Some fella told me that only a couple of weeks ago , but the greatest rip off of them all , have you heard the greatest rip off about Betty and the , and the roof ? |
| 4 | He remembered the admiring glances of the other boys , and the expression of ineffable contempt on the face of the young Hilary Frome , an expression that told him that even an eleven-year-old could see through him , could tell he was no good . |
| 5 | She had waited at the beech tree until the sky began to darken and the sudden , distant roar of aircraft engines told her that soon the bombers would be flying again . |
| 6 | Some instinct told her that only the truth could save them now ; that the time for evasions was over . |