Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] tell that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am told that he has now been adjudicated bankrupt for a second time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm told that he may still have been alive when the murderer , or murderers , hammered the shaft through his neck and into the floor of the hut . |
| 3 | Now , I have n't met this gentleman , but I 'm told that he is a great expert on the question of sound and the nature of sound and , and the problems by it , and I 've invited him into the studio and I 'm going to interview him . |
| 4 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 5 | As it was close by I decided to pay Frank Dick a visit at the Board 's offices , so I ran to Francis House , but I was told that he was n't there . |
| 6 | But again I was told that he was away from the office , and a girl who said she was his secretary could give no clear indication of when he was expected back . |
| 7 | and from what I understood he was already married anyway , never , never was mentioned here , but I did hear it , whether it was true or not I 'm not say it , but I was told that he was already married and divorced to marry her , that was what I was told , no I mean I do n't know , but but I 'm damn sure that I know |
| 8 | My word but you were n't frightened of him because you were told that he was an old man and one of the road men of the road . |
| 9 | On the one hand Mrs Singh was told that his drawing and writing were immature , that he was still drawing and writing like a very young child ; yet later she was told that he was very good with a pencil and talented at art ! |
| 10 | She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house . |
| 11 | Whenever Shiona phoned — at the office or at his home — she was told that he was unavailable . |
| 12 | We are told that he could pray in both Frankish and Latin , which was of course the official church language , although this reflects his facility with languages in general rather than any excess of devotion . |
| 13 | Nevertheless we are told that he kept tablets or notebooks under his pillow , and would practise his letters from time to time . |
| 14 | We 're told that he 's not falling behind or there 's no real problem with it . |
| 15 | We were told that he refused to take his seat in the Chamber of Deputies because there was something he did n't approve of in the campaign . |
| 16 | When they were told that he was still at lunch , Morton thought that Bragg would explode , but he controlled himself and settled for a middle-aged assistant . |
| 17 | Then they were told that he looked a lot like Clinton — and suddenly his ratings rocketed . |
| 18 | And given his own class position , as an émigré from the upper middle-class , a class serviced by the domestic labour of the working class , it is telling that he understands the contribution of coal to his class comfort , but does n't discuss the contribution of that other " service " , domestic service . |
| 19 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 20 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 21 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 22 | He was told that he would be reported for insubordination . |
| 23 | Anyway , he was told that he was no longer being considered for flying , and when he turned up at Bourn he was an ordinary AC2 , with no flash in his cap , and was put on General Duties , which seemed to consist , most of the time , of cleaning out the ablutions . |
| 24 | Paul Mardon 's hopes of clinching a dream £1 million move from Birmingham City to Liverpool have been dealt a major blow after he was told that he needs surgery on an ankle ligament injury . |
| 25 | He was told that he would be allowed to drink in one hour 's time when the local anaesthetic had worn off and he was able to swallow . |
| 26 | Well it 's just that it 's the Chief Constable 's case that when er er sorry when was got from his bed he was told that he was being arrested for harbouring and escapee Lawrence . |