Example sentences of "i tell [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ E did n't 'alf spit when I told 'im no luck . |
2 | You ask me so I told ya no point in arguing , you wo n't make a very good politician , shut up , sod off |
3 | Once , when I told her a lie about what I was doing , in order to evade hostile questioning , she said , severely , ‘ You 're growing too like your father . ’ |
4 | I told her a cut-down ( but not a Bowdlerized ) version of the story , omitting Toby . |
5 | I told her the story . |
6 | I told her the story . |
7 | I told her the story . |
8 | I told her the story about the wine , that 's all . |
9 | That 's when I told her the rest . |
10 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
11 | I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit . |
12 | I told her the number straight off . |
13 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
14 | I told her the answer was the Sun . |
15 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
16 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
17 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
18 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
19 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
20 | I told him a leash was all I had . |
21 | Slowly , disconnectedly , prompted by him , I told him a bit about Alison ; remembering his frankness the night before , produced some of my own . |
22 | I told him the love and character evident in that sofa was worth at least £50 . |
23 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
24 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
25 | I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England , and he told me about his country and his people . |
26 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
27 | I told him the price when he ordered them |
28 | I told him the history of the charts , my initial idea for a peephole of some sort . |
29 | I told him the credit authority number . |
30 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |