Example sentences of "[noun prp] tell i [that] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Richard told me that in battle a lot of unpopular officers are killed by their own men . ’ |
| 2 | Ferguson explained : ‘ Lawrie told me that under a new regulation Ince must join the squad anyway . |
| 3 | Fleischmann told me that in his opinion Jones should have declared his interest to Gajewski more explicitly , not merely that he was interested in the problem , and should have informed Gajewski of his results at that time so that there would be no ambiguity about claims for priority . |
| 4 | I have not been supplied details of the BMA/BUPA scheme , but the chief executive of BUPA tells me that between 1981 and 1991 total BUPA benefit payments rose 280% while BUPA membership rose 10% . |
| 5 | Sir Reginald told me that on the night before U Saw went to London in the hopes of getting a promise of some kind of independence for Burma from Winston Churchill in return for full co-operation in the war , he had warned U Saw that the hopes of success were very slender . |
| 6 | Polgar told me that in the early days of his marriage he examined the childhood of many famous persons and saw that geniuses all specialised in a field very early . |
| 7 | Monsieur Boudin of Perrier Jouet told me that in ‘ the old days ’ the Pinot Noir of Aÿ once had a gout de terroir which , I am glad to say , has since been ‘ lost ’ . |
| 8 | In his next letter Leslie told me that on that day he had been assigned ‘ a rather painful duty … from 4 o'clock this afternoon for 24 hours I am escort to an officer under close arrest , a captain , I believe . |