Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] told [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months . |
| 2 | The child seemed so lost in thought she hardly looked where she was walking , and when they reached the gate of Matilda 's home , Miss Honey said , ‘ You had better forget everything I told you this afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | Do you remember what I told you last night ? ’ |
| 4 | After what I told you last night , I — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Just pray by reciting what I told you this morning , ’ the mother persuaded her . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Particularly , ’ she continued , quite spoiling the effect , ‘ when I remember all too well what you told me last time we met , as well as … ’ |
| 9 | What they told me this morning ? ’ |
| 10 | Rather , they tell us what they told us last year — that they will maintain conditions for sustained growth . |
| 11 | Do you know what he told me last night ? |