Example sentences of "told [pron] [pers pn] have [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I told them I had some wine and we all came back .
2 ‘ You told me you had another date — what was the point in my hanging around ? ’
3 Remember I told you he had that job checking street-lamps ?
4 He picked her up in his car after Mrs Dean told him she had some news from his ex-wife Debbie , Geoffrey Dean 's sister and a former beauty queen .
5 He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’
6 A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty .
7 It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser .
8 He took one look at him , ran a battery of tests and told us he had cystic fibrosis . ’
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