Example sentences of "told me [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former patient ( one who had never been regressed or even thought about the subject ) told me of a strange incident in her own family . |
| 2 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
| 3 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 4 | One woman told me of a particular year in which seven close relatives died . |
| 5 | More happily , a colleague told me of a seventeen-year-old girl in his last parish who was cruelly told that she would be dead in a year . |
| 6 | My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos . |
| 7 | After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester . |
| 8 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 9 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 10 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
| 11 | Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more . |
| 12 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
| 13 | On inquiring where the bathroom was , the woman told me in a timid voice that although it was the door facing mine , there would be no hot water available until after supper . |
| 14 | March , the Secretary of State told me in a parliamentary answer that he was setting in train a new procedure for the appointment of a successor to Eric Bolton . |
| 15 | The Minister also told me in a written reply about the education and social opportunities that were available to young offenders . |
| 16 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |