Example sentences of "[pers pn] told me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told me mum about it and she said we ca n't be having that and got on the phone to the doctor , but he would n't even come out and he took me off the [ practice 's ] list . |
| 2 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 3 | His told me I 'm not allowed to talk . . |
| 4 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 5 | And of those girls in the pub , it was one of them told me about it — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I think I 'll wait until the film comes out , ’ one of them told me ‘ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger . ’ |
| 7 | One of them told me , ‘ We are the victims , the victims of reform . ’ |
| 8 | ( Both of them told me this ! ) ’ |
| 9 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 10 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
| 11 | None of them told me about it . |
| 12 | Michelle , who was taking the drug Epilim , said at her home in Whyteleaf , Surrey : ‘ None of them told me about the risk of having a handicapped baby . |
| 13 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 14 | The nice embalmer who wrote to me told me , greatly to his credit , of the totally unnecessary embalming that is frequently carried out , so that the first the next-of-kin knows about it is when he or she receives the bill . |
| 15 | A look at the sea below me told me that the tide was still low , though presumably it had begun to turn . |
| 16 | 'E told me they was askin' after somebody 'e used ter know . |
| 17 | Like I said , 'e told me an' Tony McCarthy that there 's no end o' silk on the ground floor an' upstairs there 's cases o' real ivory ornaments . |
| 18 | ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained . |
| 19 | 'E told me 'e might be late an' not ter wait up , ’ Sadie went on . |
| 20 | Anyway , I asked 'im what 'e done in the war an' 'e told me it was no concern o' mine . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 22 | This copper said the Tunnel Mob 's bin done fer a ware'ouse job in Wappin'. 'E told me they was still lookin' fer two more blokes who was involved but they do n't know who they was . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , yes , ’ Father Devlin nodded , ‘ so ye told me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ye told me yerself that ye do n't like it here . ’ |
| 25 | " Listen , " She-She told me . |
| 26 | ‘ Yer told me yer liked me a lot , although yer did n't love me . |
| 27 | Yer told me yerself 'e put the finger on the goin 's on at the Crown . |
| 28 | You told me about her once did n't you , Billy , ’ Marie says . |
| 29 | ‘ You told me you were going home with your Dad , ’ said his Mum . |
| 30 | You told me so . ’ |