Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] i he " in BNC.

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31 ‘ The sergeant told me he had done all that was required and then got stroppy .
32 The lot tell me he lot .
33 ‘ But if he 's flown halfway round the world to tell me he loves me , then why did n't he tell me he loves me ? ’
34 Shrub told me he 's quite a decent nome , really , ’ said Masklin .
35 In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot .
36 ‘ The Prime Minister told me he would discuss the details with his officials and come back to us .
37 My Dad told me he saw a headless chicken run round a farmyard once .
38 A prisoner told me he thought Napoleon was with them , but he was n't certain . ’
39 My dad tells me he met a friend of his aged 59 , unemployed , who 'd sold his house , car , video and now his wife is in hospital after taking an overdose .
40 Meat dagger belong me he quench flaming tip along passage she belong she-minx .
41 It has been impossible to verify this , but one American source told me he had heard there were no American agents inside Iraq now , but that there were three British ones .
42 His mother tells me he is out every night at some ‘ do ’ ' or other .
43 Rose tells me he 's back and peacocking about as a vicar . ’
44 My local electronics dealer tells me he is confident that there will be GPS under £1,000 within six months and then the real price war will begin as the manufacturer battle it out for the lucrative yacht market .
45 ‘ I would n't have known about it at all , except that Mum sent me a little note to tell me he 'd passed away — in his sleep , she said .
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