Example sentences of "tell them he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them he was unable to account for the error . |
| 2 | But Mukhamedov , thank you very much , a few months after another rapturous reception on the 1989 tour , walked into the Royal Ballet and told them he 'd quit the Bolshoi and wanted a job . |
| 3 | He told them he would never forget them or their lovely school . |
| 4 | Assad told them he would prevent this at all costs . |
| 5 | When he admitted his offence to the SFA , poor Willie told them he had taken the drug to alleviate hay fever . |
| 6 | Eventually he told them he could not serve two masters and as he had , by then , proved himself to Tiller , he was given complete financial control . |
| 7 | Mangon told them he had been unable to get work permits for a show at another venue . |
| 8 | As he knew there would be no uncertainty about accepting the admission fees from the audience , he told them he would not accept and instead negotiated a nominal fee which at least kept the dancers in work . |
| 9 | The jazz star , who recorded the soundtrack to the hit film When Harry Met Sally , told them he had forgotten about the weapon , which was a Christmas present from his sister . |
| 10 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 11 | Posing as a financial adviser , he told them he could make a quick fortune on the house , farm and flats left by her husband Peter . |
| 12 | He told them he was unhappy about the way the bus was being driven on its route from Kent to central London . |
| 13 | They acquitted Simon Berkowitz after he told them he was given the shock document , stolen from the Liberal Democrat leader 's solicitors , in a pub . |
| 14 | A police spokesman said : ‘ He told them he could not wake his mummy who was found on the ground floor . ’ |
| 15 | Runciman was not interested and Hughes told them he was busy turning round his company , which had temporarily bombed — an ideal qualification in retrospect . |
| 16 | He called the tower , told them he had an emergency and that he was returning for a landing . |
| 17 | Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help . |
| 18 | Next Jay told them he 'd step aside but only for some ridiculous sum of money . ’ |
| 19 | He writ and told them he 'd finished ; then we all finished . |
| 20 | Then he told them he had no money and they called a policeman . |
| 21 | Dad told them he went for a drink to the pub at Goldsithney , that he left at about nine and came straight home . ’ |
| 22 | If I told them he was a quiet , shy , unassuming minor civil servant who read a lot of books , they 'd have the weirdo squad from Social Services round straight away . |
| 23 | When they first interviewed Sykes , on Monday this is , he told them he was staying at a cottage in the Lake District entirely on his own for the first two and a half weeks in September . |
| 24 | But police say both youths ran off after the man told them he did n't believe the gun was real . |
| 25 | The man then told them he had the AIDS virus , though prison authorities have not confirmed whether this was true . |
| 26 | He told them he wanted to paddle to Norway . |
| 27 | We told them he was as soft as clarts . |
| 28 | I wonder what these people 's reactions would be if the boss of their works told them he would have to cut safety standards because of the cost ? |
| 29 | But Mr Curry told them he had specifically asked to take the debate as there were many sheep farmers in his Skipton and Ripon constituency . |
| 30 | He told them he had bought the car but had left the Manwarings in good health . |