told me that (reported) – English Grammar Profiler
There are two overlapping points at A2 in the English Grammar Profile for reporting verbs.
Point 2 in the category of REPORTED SPEECH is defined as:
reporting clause with ‘tell’ + direct object + ‘that-‘clause, with a pronoun shift where relevant.
Point 12 in VERBS and patterns is defined as:
Verbs, typically reporting verbs, followed by a noun or pronoun as the indirect object and a clause with or without ‘that’, as the direct object.
Both examples contain ‘told’ as the reporting verb. One also contained ‘promised’.
When searching for a general pattern it was very clear ‘told’ is the most common verb here. In the top 100 there were only a couple of other clusters such as:
78 PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD 458
80 ASSURED ME IT WAS 455
And both of these contain vocabulary higher than A2.
A search on iWeb corpus for told _p that _p _v:
1 TOLD ME THAT IT WAS 2620
2 TOLD ME THAT HE HAD 2060 3 TOLD ME THAT I WAS 2059 4 TOLD ME THAT HE WAS 1948 5 TOLD ME THAT I HAD 1543 6 TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD 1203 7 TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS 1184 8 TOLD ME THAT I WOULD 1152 9 TOLD HIM THAT I WAS 1114 10 TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS 1110 11 TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD 1056 12 TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE 1042 13 TOLD ME THAT I COULD 1029 14 TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD 915 15 TOLD ME THAT IT IS 841 16 TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD 835 17 TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS 824 18 TOLD HER THAT I WAS 724 19 TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD 702 20 TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD 688 21 TOLD HIM THAT I HAD 659 22 TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS 648 23 TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD 634 24 TOLD ME THAT I HAVE 616 25 TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD 613 26 TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED 580 27 TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD 555 28 TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD 550 29 TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE 547 30 TOLD ME THAT HE HAS 544 31 TOLD HER THAT IT WAS 531 32 TOLD US THAT IT WAS 518 33 TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE 511 34 TOLD ME THAT HE DID 484 35 TOLD HER THAT HE WAS 479 36 TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD 448 37 TOLD THEM THAT I WAS 447 38 TOLD ME THAT HE IS 446 39 TOLD HER THAT I HAD 441 40 TOLD HIM THAT I DID 441 41 TOLD HER THAT HE HAD 431 42 TOLD ME THAT THEY DO 422 43 TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE 407 44 TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS 404 45 TOLD ME THAT I AM 394 46 TOLD US THAT HE WAS 391 47 TOLD US THAT HE HAD 388 48 TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD 365 49 TOLD HER THAT I WOULD 364 50 TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD 358 51 TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE 354 52 TOLD ME THAT I CAN 347 53 TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS 347 54 TOLD ME THAT HE COULD 344 55 TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD 331 56 TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD 308 57 TOLD US THAT THEY WERE 307 58 TOLD THEM THAT I HAD 305 59 TOLD ME THAT SHE DID 302 60 TOLD US THAT WE WERE 300 61 TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS 296 62 TOLD ME THAT I DID 295 63 TOLD ME THAT I NEED 292 64 TOLD ME THAT THEY DID 292 65 TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN 291 66 TOLD ME THAT SHE HAS 285 67 TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED 283 68 TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD 283 69 TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD 281
70 TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD 279
71 TOLD HIM THAT I WANTED 271 72 TOLD HER THAT I DID 268 73 TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD 254 74 TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL 253 75 TOLD ME THAT YOU CAN 247 76 TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD 246 77 TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD 241 78 TOLD US THAT THEY HAD 233 79 TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD 227 80 TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE 224 81 TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAVE 222 82 TOLD ME THAT SHE IS 217 83 TOLD US THAT THEY ARE 212 84 TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT 210 85 TOLD ME THAT HE WILL 210 86 TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD 209 87 TOLD ME THAT HE DOES 205 88 TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD 204 89 TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOULD 200 90 TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTED 198 91 TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD 197 92 TOLD HER THAT I WANTED 195 93 TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD 192 94 TOLD US THAT WE HAD 192 95 TOLD YOU THAT YOU ARE 191 96 TOLD US THAT WE SHOULD 189 97 TOLD ME THAT IT HAD 186 98 TOLD US THAT WE WOULD 186 99 TOLD HIM THAT I COULD 185
100 TOLD YOU THAT I WAS 181