Example sentences of "tell [pron] [noun] [noun] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essentially peaceful and when some rather fussy penitent told his father confessor that he could find nowhere in London where he could meditate in quiet and peace , he was astonished to hear the caustic answer : ‘ Have you tried Marylebone , my son ? ’ |
| 2 | In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’ |
| 3 | In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’ |
| 4 | The British and US governments have told their aid agencies that they see aid projects as a source of export orders . |
| 5 | And we tell our graduate students that they must never take such risks , construing as scruple what in fact is timidity . |
| 6 | I could tell my grandparents things that I would n't tell my , my father or my mother . |
| 7 | Er you , you , you 'll find that children will , grandchildren will tell their grandparents thing that they wo n't tell their own parents . |
| 8 | In case you 're not fluent in Japanese , Katharine Over is telling her friend Lucy that she 's about to join the Prime Minister on a diplomatic mission . |