Example sentences of "[noun prp] told me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 2 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 3 | Pat told me of her other' schemes for making money which , of course , never came to anything . |
| 4 | Marie told me to be sure to switch it off when I ai n't in the room , or else at night when I 'm sleeping . |
| 5 | I 'm glad Ronnie told me about her ; I wo n't feel so stupid next time ; the whole thing had a quiet dignity about it and I felt good . |
| 6 | While he fiddled with his samovar , Dr Jaffery told me about his work . |
| 7 | " Clelia told me about you . |
| 8 | And he said , oh yes , he said , Roger told me about that , he said , I did n't even know we were getting that . |
| 9 | It was just that i it was almost in passing he said , well yeah Roger told me about that . |
| 10 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 11 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 12 | Rose Mundy told me of her continual battle with overweight thighs , a problem that had been with her for as long as she could remember . |
| 13 | Ginny told me about your mother . |
| 14 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 15 | I know when he told me about when Zed told me about how she said oh , |
| 16 | As show jumper and trainer John Bunyan told me on our first lesson ( see next month 's diary ) : ‘ You have to work out the difference between ‘ Ca n't ’ and ‘ Wo n't ’ . |
| 17 | Ray told me about it , he said that erm this bloke |
| 18 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 20 | Luney told me about the party . |
| 21 | ‘ I bought Picnic because Nick Skelton told me to , he knew I did n't have the biggest cash flow in the world , ’ Steven Smith said of a horse whose awkward streak would have been reflected in the price . |
| 22 | WHEN he was having his treatment , Roy told me through a mouth full of ulcers that he dreamed of having a Madras curry . |
| 23 | Sheila Hancock told me of his ‘ great disdain' for bad actors . |
| 24 | Tony Zemaitis told me in ‘ 76 that it would be ten years before it sounded right . |
| 25 | Joanne told me about that you |
| 26 | And I remembered what Nicola told me about her having to meet someone . |
| 27 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Mr Ayatollah told me fe mind me own business , |
| 29 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him only recently , ’ she said . |
| 30 | ‘ Uncle Jack told me about him . |