Example sentences of "[noun] told me [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bailey told me this morning . |
| 5 | A spokesman told me this week : ‘ It 's a top-shelf title . |
| 6 | Since Siah told me this story about a supreme storyteller , 1 have told the story myself many times . |
| 7 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 8 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 9 | ‘ Me dad told me that story abaht Bobby Peel as a lesson . |
| 10 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's what poor Thomas told me that afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ That , more or less , is what Miss Henry told me this afternoon , ’ she admitted . |
| 13 | My mother told me that Dad was on one of his frequent business trips to America and would be home in a couple of days . |