Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pers pn] that " in BNC.

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1 I told her that story .
2 I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay .
3 ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’
4 Connie get in touch with me again , I told her that .
5 I told her that .
6 I told her that .
7 So I told her that , and she says , oh fair enough then .
8 Erm , the the other things is a little while ago she was erm , er , er you know , giving me bills like for about five or six pounds once for cleaning materials , and I queried this , because it 's quite a lot of money and erm , so she tells me that she buys expensive erm bleach and she uses a bottle of that a week , well she only comes in three times , and I said well , that 's very extravagant I said and told her what , but since I told her that .
9 Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that
10 ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself .
11 If I told them that , they 'd think I meant daydreaming .
12 He said I told them that .
13 I told him about paint work under the bonnet , Mark had they 'd mentioned some paint work had got ta be dealt with and that passenger door with the draught and I told them that .
14 Well I told him that , that I was getting very tired but he would 've just worried about me coming back down you know
15 Ye well I told him that , yeah ?
16 I told you that .
17 ‘ I know I told you that was my first visit since my honeymoon with Debbie 's mother and that 's true .
18 I told you that before . ’
19 I told you that ! ’
20 Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months .
21 I told you that butter was n't good for watches ! ’ he said angrily to the March Hare .
22 ‘ Bad security , I told you that .
23 My numbers game seemed to have been happily outshadowed by reality , although Franky clearly had his own mysterious method of divination , saying portentously , ‘ The number eleven , remember I told you that . ’
24 I told you that , too . ’
25 As I told you that was all a long time ago .
26 I told you that .
27 ‘ I do n't know why I told you that story — it is n't one I 'm very proud of .
28 I told you that once before . ’
29 ‘ Are n't you glad I told you that ?
30 I told you that 's what he said .
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