Example sentences of "told [pers pn] that one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 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 .
5 Told me that one youth was in custody and another due to appear in court for the break-ins .
6 " He used to travel in prahus as a young man , then a guru told him that one day he would die by water .
7 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 .
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