Example sentences of "told [pron] [pron] could not " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eventually he told them he could not serve two masters and as he had , by then , proved himself to Tiller , he was given complete financial control . |
| 2 | A police spokesman said : ‘ He told them he could not wake his mummy who was found on the ground floor . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But they told me I could not , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 5 | WOODY ALLEN went shopping yesterday after a judge told him he could not see his children for Christmas but could send them presents . |
| 6 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 7 | The estate in Bradford where people told us they could not get credit because it had a reputation for housing defaulters ( see Appendix II , section 5 ) is an example of a physical credit ghetto , and depth-interview respondents in Finsbury ( London ) told us that their experience suggested that ‘ it has a bad name for credit ’ . |