Example sentences of "john told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 2 | John told her what her father had said ; ‘ He 's not so Western as his nephew . |
| 3 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 4 | John told me that it was a red-throated diver ; and those lovely creatures have remained favourites of mine ever since . |
| 5 | John told me that he himself never saw the work performed on stage , being busy elsewhere by the time it went on . |
| 6 | The woman , who gave the name Bernadette , said from their home in Tulse Hill , south London : ‘ Before all this was in the papers John told me he had served Mr Lamont . |
| 7 | Mr John told me last year he paid a lot of money for all this and it 's still not bloody working ! |
| 8 | I 'll tell you better than that and I did n't know until her John told me . |
| 9 | Like when your mother got to that age , as John told me , you bring her in the food |
| 10 | John told him . |
| 11 | John told us that he had devoted many hours the previous year in observation of the golden eagles of Arran , recording their every move . |