Example sentences of "[noun] told [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 4 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 5 | I , I , a hairdresser told me that years ago Elaine . |
| 6 | We walked the town walls , whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick 's stormy history . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Phillips said : ‘ The bench told me two minutes , the referee seven minutes . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ Jaguar people told me some valves were already bent through test-driving . ’ |
| 10 | You recall what that minstrel told us some weeks back , Ralf ? |
| 11 | Charlotte told me those things , much later . |
| 12 | As he did every time Henry told him these things . |