Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told the managing director ‘ you must be mad ’ , ’ he laughs . |
| 2 | I told the European Council that , if such occasions did arise , we should consider the case for majority voting on its merits . |
| 3 | ‘ Eat up , ’ I told the nearest bird . |
| 4 | Yes , I told the old man at the gate — a sure method of propagating the lie — I was off to Hydra for the week-end . |
| 5 | As I told the Select Committee — I make no apologies for reminding the hon. Gentleman of it — anything going beyond that would raise huge implications for all kinds of investments . |
| 6 | When I told the Head Girl , she explained that the French girl was a lesbian . |
| 7 | ‘ I told the head porter to go fuck himself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , like I told the foreign gentleman , there was dancing in the sitting room , and this Mrs Heatherington-Scott she was dancing with Mr Merrivale . ’ |
| 9 | Bob blushed at his unaccustomed prominence , but said promptly : ‘ Four , like I told the foreign gentleman . ’ |
| 10 | and I told the English language have got about fifty percent of Roman ways |
| 11 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have not yet seen a reply from the chief executive , but my understanding is that the position is exactly as I told the Hon. Gentleman in Committee . |
| 12 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 13 | I told the hon. Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) , who first raised this matter , that he should draw it to the attention of the Serjeant at Arms , when appropriate action would be taken . |
| 14 | I told the whole news team yesterday , William , Paul , Lucy , Gorgeous , Abby , Alex , and you yourself , Oxford will win . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose Moodie 's going to be the murderer ! ’ he yelps : I tell the little bastard to shut up . |
| 16 | What changes must I tell the Legal Aid Board about ? |
| 17 | I always remember your joke at the North and South Club when you told the Jamaican guy those things that he got mad at you that you did n't have a black belt but you had a yellow streak at Origami ! |
| 18 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ Tallis said quickly , but she could n't help dropping her gaze as she told the partial lie , and when she looked back Wynne-Jones was not smiling . |
| 20 | ‘ So much so that she told the entire matinée audience of a Noel Coward play ! |
| 21 | One of us will be out in a minute , ’ she told the young nurse . |
| 22 | She told The European newspaper : ‘ We have not been neutrals : we have been more like accomplices . ’ |
| 23 | She told the junior Health Minister , Mr Roger Freeman , who was attending the fellowship 's conference in London , that since 1971 more than 50,000 mental hospital beds have been lost ; fewer than one in ten have been replaced by residential places in the community . |
| 24 | I love you too , she told the scented air . |
| 25 | ‘ Come on , Raff , ’ she told the ginger kitten , ‘ it 's just you and me now your brothers have found good homes , and you make a good hot-water bottle . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Your roughs look really good , Charles , ’ she told the graphic designer . |
| 27 | Then , as she and Silvia packed up their things after their final English lesson , she told the other girl , ‘ I 'll be leaving tomorrow , just as soon as your exam is over . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ This is my office , ’ she told the other girl , adding wryly , ‘ A directorship just means that you get a share of the profits — and your name on the letterhead , of course ! ’ |
| 29 | When Miss Temple received a letter from Dr Lloyd , agreeing that what I had said was true , she told the whole school that I had been wrongly accused and was not a liar . |
| 30 | ‘ Just for one day , ’ she told the bright-eyed Kirsty . |