Example sentences of "told me [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 2 | My Norfolk grandmother told me too much education spoilt a girl for a good wife . |
| 3 | And she told me how many shifts you work , the different groups in this home and what type of clients , how to treat them . ’ |
| 4 | Harvey told me how each part of the computer was named after a section of the human brain : the Medulla , Pons and Midbrain . |
| 5 | She told me how much food to give him every day , and to be sure to leave the window open a bit so he could get into the garden and do his business . |
| 6 | He wrung my hand for about five minutes and told me how much pleasure the meeting had given him , though God knows where he had extracted the pleasure from , and expressed the most fervent hope that we would become the firmest friends in the nearest possible future . |
| 7 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |