Example sentences of "[noun] told [pers pn] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , nor could her father — or so Mandeville told me last night after you had retired . |
| 3 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 4 | My Nan told me last night . ’ |
| 5 | Senior South African official Ali Bacher told me last night : ‘ We are concerned about Allan , but he is entitled to earn a living wherever he can . |
| 6 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 7 | Why , as a senior British civil servant told me last week , is black Africa more and more convinced that Communism and not democracy , is the wave of the future ? |
| 8 | But a neighbour told us last night : ‘ It 's the talk of the estate . |
| 9 | Mr John told me last year he paid a lot of money for all this and it 's still not bloody working ! |