Example sentences of "my [noun sg] told me " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart told me she would n't . |
| 2 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 3 | Although I was about to confront him , my experience told me that he was — well , I 've no words for it : on a different plane of reality . |
| 4 | When I left Uganda after my marriage , my mum told me , never write anything to me about your troubles because you did n't listen to us . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Then my mum told me it was terrible . ’ |
| 7 | My mum told me it was nude ! |
| 8 | I told her that what she said was a load of bollocks , and one thing led to another and my mum told me she was n't allowing me to take Natasha with me . |
| 9 | My mum told me . ’ |
| 10 | my mum told me to wipe some of it , some of it off cos I could n't her shout , I , I , I caught her shouting at my sister , she got really angry with my sister |
| 11 | And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . " |
| 12 | It was 11.3Oam and the crick in the back of my neck told me it was time to give up trying to read ‘ War and Peace ’ lying on a sunbed under the July Spanish sun . |
| 13 | The promptings of my mind told me to get out of computing and go to live in Shropshire on a small dairy farm making highly profitable specialist products such as goat 's milk yoghurt , sheep 's cheese and traditional butter . |
| 14 | My mind told me she could n't . |
| 15 | In 1966 , soon after the book appeared , my agent told me that someone wanted to make a film out of it . |
| 16 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ My auntie told me not to run , ’ he explained , ‘ on account of my asthma . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ My daddy told me that tramps and people who have n't any money sometimes smoke cabbage-leaves and things like that instead of proper tobacco . |
| 19 | My spouse told me to just calm down and breathe . |
| 20 | ‘ In the second week , I knew what I wanted from the allowed foods , my body told me what I needed . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're with General & Cumbria Assurance , my husband told me . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm here because my husband told me to be here , Shih Bergson . ’ |
| 23 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 24 | ‘ My husband told me not to bring Mark to the Strand and if he 's out of the house he 's to stay in the buggy , ’ she said . |
| 25 | My nose told me there was a problem . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ My caddie told me I had to get it . ’ |
| 27 | My guvnor told me that . |
| 28 | ‘ This is a city full of alienated people , ’ my landlord told me . |
| 29 | ‘ My amah told me you left in a hurry after a phone call from a man ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I had a feeling , ’ McCartney was reported as saying , ‘ that what my friend told me was true . |