Example sentences of "told [pers pn] that these " in BNC.
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| 1 | An informant from Aberdeen , where the last women were still working up until the 1950s , told me that these elderly women sometimes had little to do , were regarded rather as passengers and had to put up with rather disparaging remarks , but were kept on until retirement age by the firm , which felt it had obligations towards them . |
| 2 | Only a few girls told me that these matters were ever discussed within their families . |
| 3 | Nobody told us that these pesticides were being used , they just sprayed away , put the fruit and veg on sale — and we bought it in all innocence . ’ |
| 4 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Professionals told us that these matches can only enhance the appeal of the game . |