Example sentences of "[noun] told [pers pn] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Ahmet told me that the next one was lovelier still ) . |
| 2 | Instead , a sleepy purring trill told her that the dozing house cat — it was the long-haired one , named after Bubastis , and almost a pet — had mistaken her clumsiness for a caress ; she had barely disturbed its sleep . |
| 3 | When we neared the outskirts of Donegal Town , the driver told me that the former maid suspected young Mulverin of pillaging the Big House for building material . |
| 4 | With great glee Odd-Knut told us that the fat Germans showered ten times every day for a week and still reeked of rotten whale . |
| 5 | Chris Morris told me that the other group had got caught in Basra because they had lost touch with reality briefly and got careless . ’ |
| 6 | And now his experienced eye told him that the foremost ranks could be reached , but still he did not move , nor did any of the bowmen loose . |
| 7 | ‘ A friend told me that the only adjective that describes the British is ‘ opaque ’ . |
| 8 | When I visited the Edison National Historic Site a few years ago , my guide told me that the full resources of his employer ( the United States Government ) had failed to break one ; but to find out exactly what was inside the quarter-inch slab , they had borrowed a diamond saw and cut one in half . |
| 9 | However , Daphne told me that the tall spikes of flowers , resembling yellow lupins , last better if stem-rotting bacteria can be kept at bay . |
| 10 | Directory Enquiries told me that the British Humanist Association lived in Prince of Wales Terrace , in Kensington . |
| 11 | The other women in the cast were students , and Poole told me that the other four soldiers were part-time dancers ‘ who came in the evenings from their offices ’ . |
| 12 | That was done and counsel for the appellant told us that the disclosed documents had proved vital to the presentation of the appellant 's case . |
| 13 | An argument developed because Mr Brown told her that the new chauffeur the company had just taken on could use her car while she was away , as the car that had been ordered for him had not arrived . |