Example sentences of "tell [pron] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hawking meanwhile , has a simple explanation for its success : ‘ Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales . |
| 2 | He told me that one factor which had greatly influenced him was her suggestion that on election day Granada should shift Coronation Street so as not to keep in many of his supporters who would otherwise be thinking of going to the polls . |
| 3 | Jamila told me that one day Anwar came into the shop and discovered Changez snoring as he sat on his stool , while in front of his closed eyes an SL was shoving a jar of herrings down his trousers . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I remember … when I said you never talked about your parents , and you told me that one day you would tell me all about them . |
| 5 | The present owner of the rectory told me that one thing people notice when they go round the garden is that there are now no garage doors . |
| 6 | Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins . |
| 7 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 8 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 9 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 12 | You 're pleased about his engagement — he told me that some time ago — and you 've as good as admitted it tonight . ’ |
| 13 | Later , Lucien told himself that this shadow had been of the future . |
| 14 | " He used to travel in prahus as a young man , then a guru told him that one day he would die by water . |
| 15 | When she resumed her story her voice was different , flat and uninflected , as she told him that one day a journalist and a photographer had come to Chastlecombe to do a feature on the shopping arcade for the colour magazine of one of the Sunday papers . |
| 16 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 17 | hours I told him that this glimpse |
| 18 | Also on Feb. 24 Qian had an unscheduled meeting with Takeshita when he told him that full normalization of Sino-Japanese relations could hinge on Japan 's " correct understanding of history " . |
| 19 | Barbara Sewart , for instance , has angina and of course her doctor told her that this diet was particularly suitable for her . |
| 20 | The matron also told us that this patient had to go into a nursing home ‘ towards the end ’ because ‘ she needed morphine injections which the doctor would n't give otherwise she would n't have had to move to somewhere strange . |
| 21 | He had also told me that any German who came his way would ‘ get it , ’ so I felt I must do likewise in hospital . |
| 22 | Corbett grinned back ; a Welshman had once told him that each person has an aura about him , be it good or evil , which goes out to other people . |
| 23 | Actually , he admitted in private that Sir Isidore Salmon had told him that continued support of the British Union of Fascists would mean the withdrawal of all Lyons 's advertisements from the Daily Mail , as well as any other financial inconveniences which could be arranged . |
| 24 | I have told him that COED CYMRU can have eight pages , provided he can raise a minimum of £1,000 to cover its production costs . |
| 25 | John then continued , ‘ If any of the police again approach you or any of your colleagues-in-crime just tell them that this thing is bigger than any of you . ’ |
| 26 | At present the flysheet is vivid purple and sky blue but Ariel tell me that this tent will appear in apple green and gold for next season . |
| 27 | People I have asked tell me that this faith was austere and fanatical , that many of its adherents gave as good as any of its martyrs got . |
| 28 | Tell her that old tale , will you ? |
| 29 | British Rail tell us that this evening 's Banbury to London Paddington train which was due to leave Banbury at three minutes past seven has been cancelled , otherwise I 've no problems to report on the local trains or buses . . |
| 30 | But nothing you can point to in your present situation tells you that this situation is not one in which you are mistaken . |