Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pers pn] [subord] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't been able to– tell her whether he would automatically sense any new presences in his Dream , and lateral thinking was the Dreamer 's occupational disease . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't worry , son , we have every confidence in you , ’ Devlin told him as he and Schellenberg went out . |
| 3 | Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath told him before he left that the Government should have pushed ahead with ratification of the Maastricht Treaty , despite Denamrk 's no vote . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just had a quick word with Carole Meadows , ’ Ross told her as he put down the phone . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're gon na be the best lookin' cowboy in the whole parade , ’ his bible-bashing granny tells him when he is a child . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll see you at the office on Monday morning , ’ Damian told her as he walked her home in the hot , humid night to her own villa next door and cicadas buzzed metallically as they walked past the fountain . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing to it , Father , ’ the farmer told him as he drove away . |
| 8 | No I know Chris told me cos he saw him on the morning at the garage then he . |
| 9 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 10 | With only a few more bribing days left before the general election and in view of the fact that the House has been televised for more than two years , will the Prime Minister tell us whether he is prepared to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign with the Leader of the Opposition — yes or no ? |
| 11 | Will the Minister tell us whether he agrees with the chairman of the Tory party that a citywide administration is needed for London ? |
| 12 | Due to the abstract and individual nature of comfort , the nurse will have to rely on the patient to tell her if he is uncomfortable , and whether any action taken has increased or decreased comfort . |
| 13 | Greg had rung Helen from London to tell her when he would be arriving in Manchester , and she had promised to work late and go out with him for a meal . |
| 14 | I should like the Minister to tell us whether he believes the myth about privatising the coal industry . |
| 15 | When Grimes steps into the witness box , the veiled string texture and weary cross-rhythms in the bass tell us before he has opened his mouth that here is a man who will not fit into conventional social patterns . |
| 16 | What did Marek Nowak tell you before he went into his coma ? ’ |