Example sentences of "[coord] tell him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 2 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |
| 3 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |
| 4 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 5 | Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ . |
| 6 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 7 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 8 | I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth . |
| 9 | I dressed and rushed through the streets to Dana 's place , and after prolonged hammering on his door managed to wake him and tell him the news . |
| 10 | A little before midnight Miriam , who had been unable to sleep , came over to see him and tell him the news . |
| 11 | Give me five minutes , then call your Super and tell him the situation here . ’ |
| 12 | She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do . |
| 13 | She was infuriated by his arrogant assumption that he could simply demand answers , infuriated still more by her own desire to simply cave in and tell him the truth . |
| 14 | This began to make her feel less afraid about agreeing to marry him , and telling him the truth about herself . |