Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] tell me [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 2 | ‘ Although she told me she can only ring when her daddy is out as he does n't like animals … |
| 3 | Once you tell me I 'll know it . |
| 4 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 5 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 6 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 7 | ‘ If somebody told me he disappeared some time on Friday night I would n't be surprised . ’ |
| 8 | Oh I know she is cos she told me you do n't feed her properly . |
| 9 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |
| 10 | No , so do n't pretend you did know you , you thought he was acting cos you told me he was well plastered . |
| 11 | But do n't waste it on me in any case : I would n't believe Six even if they told me they were lying . |
| 12 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 13 | And if you never speak to me again , I wo n't ask why , unless you tell me I can . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Because she told me you had . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Because they tell me you 're a great pilot who can fly anything . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm calling his home because he told me he was rarely in his office . ’ |
| 17 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 18 | And if anybody says you should be calling him Uncle Adam you can say no I do n't need to because he told me I did n't alright ? |
| 19 | I only went 'cos somebody told me they was 'andin' out food parcels . |
| 20 | I remember the look of relief on your face when you told me it was all over-that I could return home and forget it ever happened . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe I heard you when you told me you were going home , but I was miles away . |
| 22 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 23 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 24 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 25 | that whe when she told me she is ru , she 's erm |
| 26 | She sounded distant and cold as she told me she would marry the man her father had selected from millions , and that was the end of it . |
| 27 | But the children are quite sincere when they tell me we are the closest family they know . |
| 28 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I have sought you , ’ he said , nodding , half to himself , ‘ for they tell me you are quite the best there is . ’ |
| 30 | No doubt if I had responded to Hilda and Annie and the rest as they told me I should respond , as they all told me my true nature , my deeper nature was crying out to respond , I would be surrounded today by love and wives and children and the rest . |