Example sentences of "[verb] him that [pers pn] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also consulted constitutional experts who assured him that it was in the Prime Minister 's hands to do as he chose . |
| 2 | In East Tyrone , s UDR started the day on a happy note when the Commanding Officer called the Administrative Officer to his office and told him that he was to be promoted to Captain . |
| 3 | God spoke on three February mornings to John Reeve , and told him that he was to be the prophet and his cousin was to be Reeve 's mouth . |
| 4 | Her flight would have convinced him that she was on her way to betray him and who knew what it would enter his confused mind to do to her ? |
| 5 | That evening , a consortium of dealers led the slightly worse for wear director to a riverside wine bar in an attempt to convince him that it was worth staying with the company . |
| 6 | And I said ‘ yes ’ , and I reminded him that it was against the law for him to have possessed a wild animal in the first place , and he shrugged . |
| 7 | Oliver started to ask whether they could not drop it and go home , but it struck him that he was in a precarious position and he kept quiet . |
| 8 | The secretary-general of the socialists ( PSI ) Bettino Craxi on Dec. 15 received a cautionary warrant advising him that he was under investigation by Milan magistrates for 40 instances of receiving money illegally since 1985 in violation of the law on party finances . |
| 9 | It felt churlish to tell him that I was in a hurry , that the coffee would have to be quick . |