Example sentences of "told [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I told them at half-time that Batty was an aggressive player who would challenge hard and that they should n't expect any less — maybe I should have warned them before the start . |
2 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
3 | ‘ You 're looking a bit peaky , ’ they told her at work , and she tried desperately to conceal her fatigue . |
4 | He told her at length of what he would do and what she would do . |
5 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |