Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [that] many " in BNC.

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1 He told them that many children learned more slowly .
2 The co-ordinator told me that many people who had come to therapy groups for anxieties or depressions were now volunteer workers .
3 He flagged my car down to beg some drinking water , and told me that many of his animals would die if he was unable to reach water before nightfall .
4 They told us that many customers would be ready to pay £30 more for a washing machine , say , to get it from someone who would have the payments collected weekly from their homes , simply because that fitted into the pattern of their normal use of credit .
5 The Finance Houses Association , representing the biggest finance houses , told us that many of their members would say that a personal interview in an applicant 's own home , allowing the personal judgment of an experienced assessor , and an element of ‘ gut-feeling ’ would be the ideal .
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