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

Witness Told in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: witness
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.6 words

Words in this phrase

witness told

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • witness can mean: Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. Frequent word
  • told can mean: simple past and past participle of tell Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 18 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

911 the witness told police he 1× a separate witness told police they 1× a witness told a greenwood 1× a witness told abc7 a 1× a witness told cabot police 1× a witness told officers she 1× a witness told police allen 1× a witness told police he 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a witness told 9× one witness told 3× another witness told 2× the witness told 2× a separate witness 1× following the collision 1×

Common sentence endings:

a flame thrower 1× after smelling smoke 1× allegedly attacked passengers 1× an ambush attack 1× and memory issues 1× child s neck 1×

Context words

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

police 12× court 4× saw 4× car 3× officer 3× blue 3× news 3× man 3× wakeel 2× seen 2× outside 2× incident 2×

Related phrases

told reporters told reuters told cnn spokesperson told told investigators told abc told nbc repeatedly told spokesman told expert witness

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

withdrawal symptoms withdrawal process withdrawal limits withdrawal agreement wise person wise man

Just after it in the phrase index:

wolfe research women basketball women championship women rights women singles women soccer

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

spokesperson told repeatedly told spokesman told insider told

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "witness told" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 23.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 911 the witness told police he, a separate witness told police they, police, court and saw stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with told reporters, told reuters and told cnn, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with witness told

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

Short example sentences

Another witness told 9 News the man allegedly attacked passengers. (10 words)

The witness told police Miller was choking him when she grabbed the child’s neck. (15 words)

He added that their witness told the court during his evidence how important is the IreV. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The third prosecution witness told the court presided over by Justice Ernest Owusu Dappah that he had two signatures and if he were prompted on the exact signature he signed on the Police statement, he would have done same on the witness statement. (43 words)

A witness told police he saw an individual run toward the driver’s side of the blue pickup truck while simultaneously keeping one hand near his waistband, a source told ABC News. (32 words)

A witness told the he heard multiple gunshots and people yelling before looking out of the window to see a man lying on the ground and another being tended to by police. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Following the collision, Wakeel told a witness he should not call 911. The witness told police he could smell alcohol on Wakeel’s breath.

A witness told police that she had had seen a gray Impala outside of her house; another witness told police the car had a Red Lake personalized license plate.

The witness told the investigating officer that the incident took place on February 24, 2020, later in court, the witness had stated that the incident took place on February 25.

The third prosecution witness told the court presided over by Justice Ernest Owusu Dappah that he had two signatures and if he were prompted on the exact signature he signed on the Police statement, he would have done same on the witness statement.

A witness told police he saw an individual run toward the driver’s side of the blue pickup truck while simultaneously keeping one hand near his waistband, a source told ABC News.

Another witness told 9 News the man allegedly attacked passengers.

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".

A separate witness told police they had seen a man wearing a blue jacket and blue jeans who was “muddy and bloody”.

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A witness told Cabot police that the boys moved to the northbound tracks when they encountered a southbound train on the tracks closest to the park.

A witness told officers she and another Balfour staffer, Alex Febiri, were assisting a resident with cognitive and memory issues.

A witness told police Allen and Casey entered the lobby together and had been in court for approximately five to 10 minutes.

A witness told Reuters news agency that firing appeared to have subsided, but gunfire could still be heard.

A witness told the he heard multiple gunshots and people yelling before looking out of the window to see a man lying on the ground and another being tended to by police.

He added that their witness told the court during his evidence how important is the IreV.

One witness told how they alerted Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service at 5am after smelling smoke.

One witness told Middle East Eye that a police officer pushed the woman and that others then ignored her.

One witness told the Oxford Mail they saw a "strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking northwest of Oxford".

The witness told police Miller was choking him when she grabbed the child’s neck.

A witness told ABC7 a group of men hopped out of a car and shot at group of people standing outside in what appeared to be an ambush attack.

A witness told a Greenwood police officer that he saw Davidson and Lauren Hawthorne in a verbal argument that turned to shoving.

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