Example sentences of "told me [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 2 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
| 3 | ‘ She told me much the same as Miss Rose . |
| 4 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
| 5 | The steward told me how the management , had by chance , come across records of the women 's wages . |
| 6 | Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS . |
| 7 | ‘ The tavern wench at The Bull told me how the landlord glimpsed the young lady and her companion riding through Godstowe . ’ |