Example sentences of "[noun sg] would tell him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |
| 2 | Her obvious enjoyment of every moment would tell him she was ready to go to bed with him the moment they reached home . |
| 3 | I doubt if it ever dawned on him that his patient wife would tell him to get stuffed . |
| 4 | The runner would tell him in cases when the dealer clearly did not mind whether or not he would get the best price for his client . |
| 5 | He had the look of an old man waiting outside the doctor 's office in a paupers ' hospital ; sent for , rather than there by choice ; content to wait ; apathetic as to what the doctor would tell him , because good news no longer existed and bad news was no longer bad , but merely an essential ingredient of his condition . |