Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] he told me " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the course of that regression he told me his name , his trade ( he was a cloth merchant ) and the fact that he lived and worked in the Bristol area . |
| 2 | Eddy himself lives in Oxford , and this morning he told me that the final piece of his Formula One jigsaw fell into place recently with a major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers , Seven Up . |
| 3 | Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was . |
| 4 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
| 5 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 6 | At that first meeting he told me something about himself . |
| 7 | He had been just too young for the Korean War , and one day he told me that it was one of the experiences he regretted having missed . |
| 8 | In a burst of confidence one day he told me that he was working out a new system of numerology , developed from a study of people whose lives have been well documented . |
| 9 | ‘ That was the first thing he told me . |
| 10 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |