Example sentences of "told me [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Many other women I spoke to told me that for protection from racial attacks it was essential to have Asian neighbours . |
| 3 | Even in the nuclear family , women told me that certain jobs should never be done by a man , they were not Izzat wali kam ( i.e. jobs of honour ) or they were not manly , and predictably these tasks included almost all household chores . |
| 4 | They told me that sexual examination is a routine part of the entry certificate procedure at British Diplomatic missions in the Indian subcontinent . |
| 5 | As we talked at the reception in the garden behind Downing Street , Patrick told me that , instead of a debate at the Party Conference next month , he and his ministerial team had been asked to answer questions from the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ You never told me that , Marie . |
| 7 | She told me that . |
| 8 | He told me that himself . |
| 9 | He told me that . ’ |
| 10 | Inside , the elderly English upper-class proprietor told me that true Communism only survives in Albania . |
| 11 | Yes , he told me that , though I never met Sibelius personally . |
| 12 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 13 | A former student promoter told me that , when he was unable to pay Dury in cash , ‘ he threatened to have me chain-whipped by one of his companions whom he said had recently been released from prison ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain . |
| 15 | Several Members told me that most still speak in much the same way as they did before the cameras were introduced , and that is certainly my own impression when I watch them on television . |
| 16 | ‘ You told me that before . |
| 17 | Howard told me that . ’ |
| 18 | He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 . |
| 19 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 20 | And how often those opinions can really surprise us ; a young woman patient who had four hearty older brothers told me that , although they always treated her well , she always felt completely insignificant beside them . |
| 21 | Sure enough , he told me that 's what they planned for him . |
| 22 | I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake . |
| 23 | He told me that with chicken pox I should n't be with the team , and he kept making remarks which made me feel embarrassed . |
| 24 | They told me that , if Pendero won at Ascot , you were finished as a jockey . |
| 25 | ‘ The big gamble on Pendero was by Ibn Fayoud — Harry Short told me that . |
| 26 | He told me that … there were 5 sins he could remember to-day , |
| 27 | Ray told me that , even after heavy feeding of the fish , the water clarity swiftly returns to 100 per cent . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 30 | Myra sobbed as she told me that , although many men were attracted to her — and she to them — as soon as the relationship reached the stage of even the most innocent physical contact , such as a gentle kiss or even holding hands , something in her forced her to draw back and run away from the situation . |