Example sentences of "told [pron] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 2 | The sheer weight of goodwill fax messages told them of this fact . |
| 3 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 6 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 8 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 9 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 10 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 11 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 12 | Charles reproved her for rushing on ahead of his story , and told her about this Sergeant lurking within like a spider waiting for a juicy fly . |
| 13 | When she told us about this visit , she hoped it would be centred around a seminar , funded by the Romanian government , at which tutors would be trained to teach machine knitting to young people whose chances of employment near their own homes were otherwise remote . |
| 14 | Does he recall that it is exactly a year since he told us in this House , ’ Our policies are working ’ ? |