Example sentences of "[pron] told me [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , someone told me about some fires in the new forest here in Africa ; but Gog does n't want to hear about those fires . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 3 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 4 | Hm I 'm glad you told me about that Lorna |
| 5 | You told me about that disaster . |
| 6 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 7 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 8 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 9 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 10 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |