Example sentences of "told i a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 2 | Another school-dinner lady in Wigan told me a typical tale : |
| 3 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 4 | ‘ The vice-minister of the atomic energy industry told me a nuclear plant was being built to cope with the power shortage , ’ said the defector . |
| 5 | ‘ Our manager Nigel Best told me a Celtic representative from Scotland would be watching me . |
| 6 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 7 | He told me a bleak story of life out there in the fax field . |