Example sentences of "told [pers pn] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 2 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 3 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 4 | And er oh she says to m She could n't did n't speak Welsh but she told what the old man told her in that shop there . |
| 5 | Life can take many strange twists , ’ Jonas told her in all seriousness , then softened the whole with a laugh . |
| 6 | Does he recall that it is exactly a year since he told us in this House , ’ Our policies are working ’ ? |