Example sentences of "he told a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A POLICE officer wept yesterday as he told a jury of the night his colleague was shot dead at point-blank range . |
| 2 | A POLICE officer wept yesterday as he told a jury at the Old Bailey , in London , of the night his colleague was shot dead at point-blank range . |
| 3 | He told a man who would be called as a witness he helped others to hold down the victim while his mate killed him . |
| 4 | Jean-Marie Chantreux , 28 , smirked as he told a Normandy court that he went to the shipping company to steal . |
| 5 | ‘ The very thought would be enough to kill Turgenev , ’ so he told a friend , and posterity salutes a marvel of concentrated effort . |
| 6 | He told a friend of a dream he had had , ‘ a terrible nightmare ’ — perhaps apocryphal too , but there are no Secret Service logs of dreams — in which America 's support of the contras had failed . |
| 7 | After he and Anne had gone to the Red Cross centre to help comfort some of his neighbours , he told a friend , ‘ Thank God , I 'm not poor ! ’ |
| 8 | Jefferson made no public denial , preferring , as he told a friend , to trust his countrymen ‘ to judge me by what they see of my conduct on the stage where they have placed me . ’ |
| 9 | Ebullient , and with a broad grin , Williams early sensed his own powers — at sixteen he told a friend that he would have a fellowship of the University of Wales , an 1851 exhibition , a D.Sc. , and an FRS by his middle thirties . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm being very upfront about it , it 's finally time , 20 years later , ’ he told a writer as he prepared to record the album this time last year . |
| 11 | In the same month he told a Nuffield conference that his proposals should ensure that only 6% of the workforce were unemployed . |
| 12 | He told a West German reporter that traditions had to be sacrificed when they blocked either economic or social progress . |
| 13 | Even as a newcomer to films , after his first MGM picture , Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) , he told a reporter ‘ Hollywood stinks ! ’ |
| 14 | Before he left America he told a reporter that " One seems to become a myth , a fabulous creature that does n't exist . |
| 15 | He was now much more friendly and jaunty — " I am thinking of taking up dancing lessons again , " he told a reporter from the Daily Express , " as I have not danced at all for some years " . |
| 16 | But the Scottish Rooflessness Initiative still has some way to go , especially in preventing young Scots becoming homeless and at risk in London , he told a seminar in Edinburgh . |
| 17 | ‘ There can be no guarantee that any of the options under consideration will actually save money , ’ he told a seminar for chief officers of Aberdeen District Council . |
| 18 | He told a London conference on acid rain that nearly half of southern Sweden 's forest soils are seriously damaged now , or at risk of serious damage over the next 15 years . |
| 19 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 20 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 21 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not a case of causing alarm , this is real , ’ he told a Cardiff news conference . |
| 23 | He told a press briefing that the issue remained under review , and emphasised that he hoped the legislation on unofficial strikes would help to prevent disruption of essential services . |
| 24 | ‘ These are the terms and conditions on which we will be introducing the community charge , ’ he told a press conference at the Blackpool conference . |
| 25 | However , he told a press conference that for deeply ingrained historical and cultural reasons , to integrate black and white school systems now would risk chaos in the education field as well as political and economic instability : ‘ One would probably increase the potential for conflict in the white community if eventually white education is controlled by anyone else but white people themselves . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The question of whether we 're going to clean up the environment of this country is long over , ’ he told a press conference . |
| 27 | He told a press conference that negotiations had entered a difficult phase and that he therefore wanted to obtain a new mandate from his people to defend the principles he had upheld in the New York talks . |
| 28 | He told a press conference on Nov. 15 that South Africa would maintain its full diplomatic relations with Taiwan while developing trade with mainland China . |
| 29 | He told a press conference that his government " reiterates its firm stand against foreign interference in South Africa 's internal affairs " . |
| 30 | He told a press conference in Darlington that if Labour was elected the future of the North-East 's most important road , the A1 , could be in doubt . |