Example sentences of "told me that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he come then and he told me that that best friend of mine was killed . |
| 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 | Hawking meanwhile , has a simple explanation for its success : ‘ Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me that all his life he was such a shit , and he finally realized he could make someone as happy as he made me , ’ recalls Joey . |
| 6 | ‘ He told me that half the bacteria I 'm developing are lethal , ’ says Jack . |
| 7 | They told me that this sort of thing happens , it 's part of training , and to stick in there and show the buggers they were wrong . ’ |
| 8 | Clearly the RAF would be happy to show me their trophy-winners — while my cunning instincts told me that this would be the best place to do food-tasting ! |
| 9 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 10 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 11 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 12 | ‘ The helpful guidebook , in Hungarian and German , told me that this sportive Death was saying , ‘ In this doleful jeste of Life , I shew the state of Manne , and how he is called at uncertayne tymes by Me to forget all that he hath and lose All . ’ |
| 13 | He told me that this was not a good time of the year to see Riga . |
| 14 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Only a few girls told me that these matters were ever discussed within their families . |
| 17 | Poole told me that some people were also shocked because John , in his role as the Devil , ‘ disguised himself as a girl in point shoes , a tutu and a blonde wig , with his devil 's horns showing through ’ . |
| 18 | Mickey Spielberg , Disney 's chief imagineer , told me that some adjustments have been made for the European park , especially in the type of catering provided . |
| 19 | You 're pleased about his engagement — he told me that some time ago — and you 've as good as admitted it tonight . ’ |
| 20 | In a similar vein , representatives of one of the most active carriers in the North Atlantic trade recently told me that most of its North Atlantic and Baltic business is documented with sea waybills , which also differ sharply from the negotiable ocean bill of lading . |