Example sentences of "they told [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 2 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 3 | While I gratefully sipped my pint , they told me the story . |
| 4 | When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted . |
| 5 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 6 | ‘ They told me the regulators would n't allow it and that Glasgow housewives would n't be able to do it ’ , he recalls with a smile . |
| 7 | When she decided , with the rest of the children , to go to Waco Monday and they told me the Sunday . |
| 8 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |
| 9 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 10 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 11 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 12 | ‘ They told us the Ukrainian single would have gone to number one and we told them we did not want to be number one . |