Example sentences of "they told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 3 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 4 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 5 | I went to see them as well and they told me to fill in another form . |
| 6 | They told me that in four or five years , it could get worse and would get arthritic . |
| 7 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
| 8 | They told me that this sort of thing happens , it 's part of training , and to stick in there and show the buggers they were wrong . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They could see I was taking it easier on some of the sessions and they told me so . |
| 10 | They told me they 'd found the source and they were going to prosecute the offender . |
| 11 | They told me that there were serious everyday problems which arose because the needs of Asian patients were being ignored . |
| 12 | ‘ Just now , ’ they told me ‘ it is the Garara ( trousers which flare from just above the knee ) and quite a short Kamiz to go with it and of course a Dupatta ( a long light scarf ) in georgette in an exactly matching colour ’ . |
| 13 | Among Indians and Pakistanis , they told me rather severely , there is no class system as there is among English people . |
| 14 | I saw them standing in a crowd ; they told me ‘ We want to prove something , show them something . ’ |
| 15 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 16 | They told me that sexual examination is a routine part of the entry certificate procedure at British Diplomatic missions in the Indian subcontinent . |
| 17 | ‘ There is hostility between West Indians and English , ’ they told me , ‘ they do n't mix much , they keep apart , though sometimes there are fights . |
| 18 | Their mothers , they told me , often complained when they did n't want to take any food to school for their lunch . |
| 19 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 20 | ‘ They told me they could arrange an ‘ accident ’ . |
| 21 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 22 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 23 | ‘ They told me , ‘ That 's good , at least he finally did something nice for somebody . ’ ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I know , dear , they told me . |
| 25 | They told me they had a little house not far away from where I lived , and that Dorothy was expecting a baby — twins , the doctor had said . |
| 26 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 27 | I contacted schools , newspapers and magazines for young women willing to fill in a questionnaire or be interviewed about self-image , and what they told me forms the main part of this book . |
| 28 | ‘ They told me her bra was torn . |
| 29 | They told me they needed the money for legal fees . |
| 30 | Mr Hart said : ‘ They all turned it down , they told me I was nuts . ’ |