Example sentences of "told i that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in the nuclear family , women told me that certain jobs should never be done by a man , they were not Izzat wali kam ( i.e. jobs of honour ) or they were not manly , and predictably these tasks included almost all household chores . |
| 2 | I was advised to speak initially to the region 's director of public health , who told me that geographical limitations and the pastoral duties of a vicar 's wife were not a good enough reason to train part time , and he would not support my application . |
| 3 | They told me that sexual examination is a routine part of the entry certificate procedure at British Diplomatic missions in the Indian subcontinent . |
| 4 | Tony Ruffell , chief executive of Nottinghamshire FHSA , told me that preliminary research in the county suggested that each general practitioner would encounter only a few such difficult decisions a year — perhaps five or six . |
| 5 | One , living in Newcastle on Tyne 's Salvation Army Men 's palace , told me that homeless men lost basic citizen 's rights because " laws apply to them but never for them " . |
| 6 | Inside , the elderly English upper-class proprietor told me that true Communism only survives in Albania . |
| 7 | Maurice told me that last winter he had to borrow a candle from Dreadnought to unfreeze the lock of his woodstore . |
| 8 | She told me that last week ! |
| 9 | " You told me that last month , so you did . " |