Example sentences of "to tell him the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 2 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 3 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 4 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 5 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 6 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 7 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 8 | That night , North telephoned Poindexter to tell him the memo had been found . |
| 9 | Suzanne has brought a message to her cousin , to tell him the date the war will start . |
| 10 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 11 | Mum followed them and I too decided to find Frankie to tell him the news after I had cleared away the crocks . |
| 12 | Fleischmann and Pons believed that they were seeing ten thousand neutrons per cm 3 per second and on 1 March Fleischmann phoned Ron Bullough , the Harwell Chief Scientist , to tell him the news . |
| 13 | The plaited bamboo walls curled tightly round a stout frame of beech poles , cut and stripped by Rima with the big bush knife he had brought up from the trade-store when Joseph had run down to tell him the news . |
| 14 | She loved him too much to tell him the truth . |
| 15 | She had always intended to tell him the truth , but somehow the time was never right … |
| 16 | When at last he came to see her , he obviously believed in the story of the German and she was too proud to tell him the truth . |
| 17 | It would only confuse him to tell him the truth . |
| 18 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 19 | It would be quite simple , she thought frantically , to tell him the truth : that she was not responsible for Dana and she did n't know her plans . |
| 20 | It would be easy to tell him the truth but that would mean throwing Dana to the wolves , and that she could n't do . |
| 21 | ‘ Would n't it be best to tell him the truth ? |
| 22 | She was unsure now why she had decided to let him go on believing that , and she felt torn by a sudden desire to tell him the truth . |
| 23 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |
| 24 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 25 | To tell him the truth — that she 'd been afraid of the depth of her own feelings — would be far too revealing . |
| 26 | ‘ You are being very naughty , ’ McAllister whispered back , pretending to be severe , ‘ and the only thing that I can say in your favour is that I am in nearly as bad a way as you are , and know exactly how you feel — but be patient , it can not be long now , ’ for she knew that once the bazaar was over , and she was at last able to tell him the truth , they could go ahead with their marriage plans , the only delaying thing being the time it would take Mama and Papa to cross the Atlantic . |
| 27 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 28 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 29 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |
| 30 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |