Below you will find example sentences with "told reporters". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Told Reporters in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: reporters
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 82
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.9 words

Words in this phrase

told reporters

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • told can mean: simple past and past participle of tell Common word
  • reporters can mean: plural of reporter Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

alghabra told reporters during a 1× andonovski told reporters he gave 1× another witness told reporters that he 1× apologized and told reporters that he 1× bill carson told reporters tuesday 1× congressional sources told reporters that anonymous 1× dmitry peskov told reporters he could 1× esteban valenzuela told reporters that in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a ministry spokesperson 1× advocate umakant kataria 1× after a large 1× after being awarded 1× after the meeting 1× after the speech 1×

Common sentence endings:

a flame thrower 1× at the scene 1× central southern zone 1× for military cooperation 1× in the area 1× it to afghanistan 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

house 3× bill 3× man 3× spokesperson 2× ministry 2× together 2× year 2× old 2× police 2× chief 2× anonymous 2× thursday 2×

Related phrases

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Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around reporters:

telling reporters 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

told reuters toll plaza toll road toll roads tom brady tom cruise

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

told reuters told cnn told investigators told abc told nbc

Same ending:

telling reporters

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "told reporters" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as alghabra told reporters during a, andonovski told reporters he gave, house, bill and man stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with told reuters, told cnn, witness told and telling reporters, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with told reporters

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Anonymous congressional sources told reporters that anonymous intelligence agents told them that there was more. (15 words)

An SUV travelling east struck a female pedestrian crossing the street, Staff Sgt. Stephen Yan told reporters at the scene. (20 words)

Still, as he insisted, I told him that I will consult my party and get back to him,” Kumar told reporters. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

The 30-year-old gunman had just been told he was being sent home from work Monday night “and he reacted with anger,” killing 45-year-old Maria Lucas, the building’s acting supervisor, Maryland Heights police Chief Bill Carson told reporters Tuesday. (43 words)

After a large fire spread from tents to a shuttered theatre on the city’s Downtown Eastside, Vancouver’s fire chief told reporters she was “incredibly frustrated” that more isn’t being done to prevent daily fires breaking out in the area. (42 words)

Hon. Penn said that he is very interested in seeing this Bill passed and told reporters that he even told the Premier that he is open to presenting the Bill as a Private Member section of a sitting of the House. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters he could not clarify the situation about Surovikin and said reporters should contact the Defense Ministry.

When asked about his mother Peggy's reaction Noel, 57, told reporters 'when we told her we were getting back together, she said, 'sure, that will be nice'.

All seven children had been staying at his house, Mr Abdallah told reporters, and he had told them they could go to the shops if they stayed together.

The 30-year-old gunman had just been told he was being sent home from work Monday night “and he reacted with anger,” killing 45-year-old Maria Lucas, the building’s acting supervisor, Maryland Heights police Chief Bill Carson told reporters Tuesday.

Anonymous congressional sources told reporters that anonymous intelligence agents told them that there was more.

Following the surfacing of the photo Trudeau apologized and told reporters that he was disappointed in himself, however Singh told CP24 on Thursday that the mea culpa may not offer much solace to racialized Canadians.

Still, as he insisted, I told him that I will consult my party and get back to him,” Kumar told reporters.

Hon. Penn said that he is very interested in seeing this Bill passed and told reporters that he even told the Premier that he is open to presenting the Bill as a Private Member section of a sitting of the House.

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Advocate Umakant Kataria, representing the accused, told reporters that the police had recovered four charred mobile phones and other incriminating material.

After a large fire spread from tents to a shuttered theatre on the city’s Downtown Eastside, Vancouver’s fire chief told reporters she was “incredibly frustrated” that more isn’t being done to prevent daily fires breaking out in the area.

After being awarded man of the match for his display against Milan, the youngster told reporters: "I am very happy to be man of the match.

After the meeting, McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives, told reporters the two sides remained far apart on an agreement to lift the debt ceiling.

After the speech Santos told reporters the confrontation wasn't the first time somebody from a 'privileged background' had tried to boss him around, and vowed to never back down.

Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela told reporters that in addition to the heat wave, the dry and hot Puelche wind from the eastern cordillera was also expected in the central-southern zone.

Alghabra told reporters during a media event on Thursday that he expects VIA Rail to act on the external review’s recommendations.

A ministry spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, said Mr Orban told reporters that Ukraine was “a no-man’s land” and compared it to Afghanistan.

Among the results of the leaders' summit were Russian promises of help with North Korea's fledgling space program, according to Russian news agencies, while Putin told reporters he saw "possibilities" for military cooperation.

Andonovski told reporters he gave as many players as possible the chance to stake a claim before he names his World Cup squad.

Another witness told reporters that he saw cars exploding "every few minutes", along with a "flame that shot across the car park like a flame thrower".

An SUV travelling east struck a female pedestrian crossing the street, Staff Sgt. Stephen Yan told reporters at the scene.

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