Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A competent woman officer told me first , then I went down alone to see Barbara . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place . |
| 4 | You told me next Wednesday next Tuesday . |
| 5 | ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’ |
| 6 | My Nan told me last night . ’ |
| 7 | Do you know what he told me last night ? |
| 8 | ‘ It 's an adventure , ’ he told me last week . |
| 9 | Wright , an affable New Zealander , told me last night : ‘ There are loads of reasons for my going , but the main one is the state of the modern game . |
| 10 | Senior South African official Ali Bacher told me last night : ‘ We are concerned about Allan , but he is entitled to earn a living wherever he can . |
| 11 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 12 | Er you told me last week |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Why , as a senior British civil servant told me last week , is black Africa more and more convinced that Communism and not democracy , is the wave of the future ? |
| 15 | So we start negative two , minus two , and I know what add means cos you told me last time . |
| 16 | ‘ No , nor could her father — or so Mandeville told me last night after you had retired . |
| 17 | Mr John told me last year he paid a lot of money for all this and it 's still not bloody working ! |
| 18 | ‘ Particularly , ’ she continued , quite spoiling the effect , ‘ when I remember all too well what you told me last time we met , as well as … ’ |
| 19 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | They told me last night that he had been arrested . |
| 22 | He told me last week there had been more than 100 applicants for the Section Eight grants which encourage it . |
| 23 | Well he told me last year he 'd applied . |
| 24 | Yeah , cos er Lorraine told me last , what Lorraine works every two weeks , what she 's on this weekend , so erm , so it 's two weeks ago she told |
| 25 | You probably told me last night but I ca n't remember , I was just off |
| 26 | You told me last time . |
| 27 | And remember , old Eddie told you first … . ’ |
| 28 | Do you remember what I told you last night ? ’ |
| 29 | I told you last night , George , I ca n't do more than merely agree . |
| 30 | ‘ I told you last night when I brought the evenings over how it would be . |