Example sentences of "[noun sg] told me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’ |
| 2 | He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 . |
| 3 | Yeah mum told me that erm |
| 4 | ‘ I carried on training as best I could after the operation , but when the specialist told me six months later that I could n't play again , I was shocked . |
| 5 | Cos you ca n't get , an old bloke told me that . |
| 6 | And I can tell you that erm Birmingham City Council told me this erm that if ever they need anyone to chair a meeting they would look to the Guild , committees . |
| 7 | Her scream of delight told me this was a good time to move away . |
| 8 | My guvnor told me that . |
| 9 | I , I , a hairdresser told me that years ago Elaine . |
| 10 | Inside , the elderly English upper-class proprietor told me that true Communism only survives in Albania . |
| 11 | Her ladyship told me that what kept her going throughout the service was a beautiful letter from Prince Charles that she carried in her handbag . |
| 12 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 13 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 14 | Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place . |
| 15 | Phillips said : ‘ The bench told me two minutes , the referee seven minutes . |
| 16 | My Nan told me last night . ’ |
| 17 | A padlocked deer gate told me this was not a public path . |
| 18 | ‘ Yeah , your secretary told me that . ’ |
| 19 | A spokesman told me this week : ‘ It 's a top-shelf title . |
| 20 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 21 | My doctor told me all about the pill before he prescribed it . |
| 22 | A former student promoter told me that , when he was unable to pay Dury in cash , ‘ he threatened to have me chain-whipped by one of his companions whom he said had recently been released from prison ’ . |
| 23 | Why , as a senior British civil servant told me last week , is black Africa more and more convinced that Communism and not democracy , is the wave of the future ? |
| 24 | ( A senior African nurse told me this ; and so did Miss Barbara Tredgold , sister of the former Chief Justice and a great champion of the Africans . ) |
| 25 | A competent woman officer told me first , then I went down alone to see Barbara . |
| 26 | Me dad told me all abaht it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ My dad told me all about the strings and stuff . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Me dad told me that story abaht Bobby Peel as a lesson . |
| 29 | Their dad told me twenty million boxes ! |
| 30 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |