Example sentences of "[noun prp] told us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Heg told us about TIE 's contacts in Brazil , we wrote to them . |
| 2 | Spencer told us of the people who had been to the Chapel to see what he was doing — and told us that several generals had been there . |
| 3 | ‘ Nevil told us about your family . |
| 4 | Yeah I was surprised that er Kathleen is it , when Kathleen told us down street about her , her son |
| 5 | Tom told us of one horse whose molars on one side of the mouth were excessively short and on the other very long . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you see Tamar 's face when Stephen told us about the groom — Davis , was it ? ’ |
| 7 | Mr told us about regional offices , about how many of those were there in nineteen eighty seven ? |
| 8 | And so the very next day Helen told us of a night time that he was gon na stay and early in the morning he come back door with some papers and I said oh take well it never comes to more than six pound ninety or seven pound fifty but he calls it . |
| 9 | I suppose after those stories Harry told us about you being an asthmatic as a child , I 'd expected you to be delicate , a thin undersized weakling ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll listen to Alastair Cook and join you later , ’ Harry told us in the morning , obviously intent on his Sunday ritual . |
| 11 | His wife Glenda told us about it , and together we bullied him into writing this report . |
| 12 | Richard Kite , Manager of Ann Kite Educational Services , adds ‘ We were so interested in what L.A. told us about Arune that we arranged to mail her four more of our Video Courses ! |
| 13 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 14 | at least some latitude , within the system , for personal judgement about individual special circumstances — we were for example impressed by what Debenhams told us about their practice of offering all applicants who were refused credit the opportunity of a review of their proposal by a senior manager , ; |
| 15 | ‘ The area is far more rugged and wild than I expected and some of the ridge walking has been spectacular ’ Paul told us from Italy . |
| 16 | Mrs McDougall told us about your brother . |