Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [noun] told me " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the women on this Sunderland estate told me they all recognised the drive : " It 's part of becoming a member of the community instead of just a reckless teenager . |
| 2 | ‘ Old Harry Stearns told me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Old Harry Stearns told me . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Another story touching on wet days : poor old Mrs Suggett told me it . |
| 5 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 6 | That 's all Mrs McDougall told me . |
| 7 | Indeed on the nineteenth of January the Noble Earl Lord told me that of the three hundred and sixty letters which had been received from a wide variety of organisations representing people of totally different political opinions and that following the publication of the White Paper . |
| 8 | One Skye man told me how , sitting on his lawn one afternoon , he heard a sudden great beating of wings and like passing royalty an eagle swooped low across the trees . |
| 9 | ‘ IT USED TO BE an honour to have the local MP to dine , ’ a big Yorkshire landowner told me . |
| 10 | Coppell said : ‘ Blackburn number two Ray Harford told me Beardsley was magnificent in Everton 's 3-2 win over them this week . |