Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] tell [pron] that " in BNC.

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1 I told him about paint work under the bonnet , Mark had they 'd mentioned some paint work had got ta be dealt with and that passenger door with the draught and I told them that .
2 ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’
3 It 's obviously a hell of a technique to master and somebody told me that , just to make things worse , you grinned when you did it !
4 And nobody told me that .
5 ‘ The business I 've just bought is on the rocks , and you tell me that 's lucky ? ’
6 And who told you that fascinating little fairy tale ? ’
7 And she told me that , while working at another bank , she had once been summoned to an office four flights away .
8 we 're still involved , and they tell me that life on a fire station is still very pleasant so I 'm sure it must be .
9 She joked that she would only make money fifty years after she was dead , and he told her that money did not matter .
10 Right , one thing that you need when somebody speaks is inverted commas okay or speech marks , name , if you read it out aloud name ask the doctor , the inverted commas come here because name is somebody speaking and it tells you that somebody is speaking here , it says asks okay say asked .
11 He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose .
12 But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place .
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