Example sentences of "[pron] tell i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody told me that bit . |
| 2 | The evangelist Leighton Ford , who told me this story some years ago , used it to illustrate the fear of many churches of the evangelist coming in and bringing all kinds of disturbing , unsavoury characters into the church . |
| 3 | When you told me that night in Harcourt Street those things about your private life , honest to God , Stevie , I was not able to eat my dinner . |
| 4 | Yeah , you told me that story |
| 5 | ‘ You suspected that from the little you told me that morning at Coutances I had made investigations and found out something . ’ |
| 6 | I had no idea that it was Martin until you told me that morning . |
| 7 | I was very sorry when you told me this morning of your decision to resign from the Government . |
| 8 | You told me next Wednesday next Tuesday . |
| 9 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |
| 10 | ‘ What you told me last night , Rachel , only convinced me that this marriage could work , ’ he said softly , and walked towards her with a look of intent in his blue eyes that sent panic rushing through her in hot waves . |
| 11 | Er you told me last week |
| 12 | So we start negative two , minus two , and I know what add means cos you told me last time . |
| 13 | ‘ Particularly , ’ she continued , quite spoiling the effect , ‘ when I remember all too well what you told me last time we met , as well as … ’ |
| 14 | You told me last time . |
| 15 | Last time we spoke you told me some lies . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 17 | ‘ She told me certain things which happened when you were very small . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The senator obviously just wants us to drown his children so they ca n't embarrass him when the time comes to run for President , ’ she told me next morning . |
| 19 | Of course , I 've always loved her but I 'd no idea she felt the same way about me until she told me this afternoon . |
| 20 | ‘ She told me this morning when she got back to the yacht that they planned on going . |
| 21 | And she told me some character called Steve produced a gun when Newman , the foreign correspondent , interrupted their tete-a-tete . |
| 22 | And they said , Well okay I can tell you right now you 've , how many appointments have you told me this week , this is the guy back at camp . |
| 23 | You tell me that Bill is at home and either he is drunk or he is sober . |
| 24 | Yeah you tell me these things . |
| 25 | Their Northern Ireland president is Billy McCormick from Craigavad who tells me that membership is 200 and rising , and new recruits are always welcome . |
| 26 | ‘ Excuse me , sir , but could you tell me one thing ? ’ |
| 27 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |
| 28 | Why do you tell me those things ? |
| 29 | Ca can you tell me another thing about the abortions , do you know erm if , of course abortion was illegal then , do you |
| 30 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me last night ? ’ |