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 . |