Example sentences of "tell [noun prp] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olivier flew straight out while Asher discreetly told Finch that it would be a good idea if he moved out of Vivien 's room . |
| 2 | She told Martha that she would be going out that evening and would quite likely not be back until the following day . |
| 3 | Sydney told Vic that there should be plenty of shell cases to be found over there , a delighted Vic explained that a workman had found hundreds and that the remains of the butts were still in place ! |
| 4 | He told Mary that it would be all right and that anyway it was too late now to do anything else . |
| 5 | Now on the seventeenth of September Mr met Peter on the defendant 's firm er for the first time at his office , where they had er a general discussion about the business and about what needed to be done in order to secure it and er the plaintiffs at that stage told Peter that there should be er no problems over finance as he understood the bank were willing to assist and at that stage he wanted to move as quickly as possible to exchange contracts on the business erm , for two reasons . |
| 6 | I told Tony that he would be next and he was . |
| 7 | His advisers have told Christie that it would be foolish to confront Lewis in Zurich , because that race comes too soon . |
| 8 | You slip over now … well , as soon as you 've seen Emma off to sleep , and tell May that you 'll be over later . |
| 9 | In chapter 17 it seems that Abraham did not tell Sarah that she would be having a child . |
| 10 | Inside he asked many questions , before telling Harry that he would be safe there that night , and that he would bring food and , if possible , soap and razor . |