Example sentences of "[noun] told [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 2 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 3 | ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’ |
| 4 | One reviewer told us that case reports prove nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ No , nor could her father — or so Mandeville told me last night after you had retired . |
| 6 | Over the fell , near where Deepdale meets Dentdale , is a farm called Coventree , which , Miley Taylor told me one night in the Sun Inn , is named after a tree beneath which the hairy crones of Dentdale would hold their covens and throw eye of newt and armpit of toad into the stew while waiting for the Dales equivalent of Macbeth and Banquo to come riding out of the night . |
| 7 | He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 . |
| 8 | ‘ I carried on training as best I could after the operation , but when the specialist told me six months later that I could n't play again , I was shocked . |
| 9 | Pastor told him that business was more important and he threw a tantrum . |
| 10 | One of my assets in journalism , as Fred Workman told me some years later , was the habit of creating stories and features by developing an idea and then taking the necessary steps to work it into an acceptable feature . |
| 11 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 12 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 13 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 14 | Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king . |
| 15 | ‘ … and that is the greatest danger , according to Minch , ’ Kraal told him one day , concluding a brief account of what life in the Cages was like . |
| 16 | I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake . |
| 17 | But Mr Patten told him good government should be founded on fact , not fantasy . |
| 18 | Razak said afterwards that when Soviet officials told him that neutralisation was similar to collective security he replied that ‘ he appreciated this , but added that Malaysia preferred a neutrality plan which would be applicable to a smaller region such as Southeast Asia ’ . |
| 19 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |
| 20 | I , I , a hairdresser told me that years ago Elaine . |
| 21 | Gran told her that mum had to go into hospital because she was hysterical ! ! |
| 22 | A quarter of a century ago , Colin Buchanan told us that road-building , improved public transport and some limitations on the use of vehicles would not aloe solve the problem of traffic in towns . |
| 23 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 24 | We walked the town walls , whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick 's stormy history . |
| 25 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 26 | His father told him that story : his father looked at him through a glass : he had a hairy face . |
| 27 | Perhaps four or five minutes , though it certainly seemed more ; Moxie guessed ten minutes , and Gildas later told her that Ludens told him fifteen minutes . |
| 28 | Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place . |
| 29 | Phillips said : ‘ The bench told me two minutes , the referee seven minutes . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ Jaguar people told me some valves were already bent through test-driving . ’ |