Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] tell [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November church bells were rung to celebrate the victory at El Alamein , and everyone felt that at last the war might be near the end , although Churchill told them they were wrong . |
| 2 | Although Carolyn told herself she respected Clare , and the others , for the work they were doing , she was repelled by it . |
| 3 | Yeah well only cos Matthew told him they were . |
| 4 | Bulbs , er probably not cos I think I 'll have to do while you 're at school cos daddy tells me it 's gon na rain this afternoon , I 'll have to do that this morning , pity that . |
| 5 | We ca n't schedule a fight between Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe until Bowe tells us he wants to fight Lewis . |
| 6 | ‘ If people told you he said that , it was to make you feel better . |
| 7 | ‘ But if members tell us they are in dire straits , without a job , gone bankrupt , and the wife 's run off with the milkman , then we will move heaven and earth to help them . |
| 8 | ‘ What am I going to do if Potter tells her she can stay ? |
| 9 | His wife is searching for the book because Ward told her he had it . |
| 10 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 11 | I was OK till Marie told me she was going away , and now I feel all sad . |
| 12 | He 'd only agreed to go because Lily told him it was a musical and had walked out the moment Bernadette started sinking to her knees in the fields . |
| 13 | Cos he used to go shooting there and and they went in there and they should n't of done because Michael told them I 'd taken meadows back and he sa , he said when Tony told them , they , they 'd been there shooting he said well they 're , they 're out of bounds ! |
| 14 | I ca n't believe that it is only seven months since Lynn told me she had a four-year-old who was ‘ a really nice sort . ’ |
| 15 | He decided to call it a day after doctors told him he had lost the other testicle . |
| 16 | Yes , when Matt told me he was going to marry her it was a surprise — a shock . ’ |
| 17 | The fit had frightened Edward , and he would n't leave Anna 's side even when Ma told him it was time for bed . |
| 18 | ‘ We feared a run on the bank when Cenzo told us you were coming . |
| 19 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 20 | ‘ When Jane told us she had asked for a divorce it was a complete shock . ’ |
| 21 | Bournemouth chairman Norman Hayward said : ‘ When Harry told us he was finished with football , we took it at face value . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ When Bonds told me they 'd succeeded in finding you , and sent me a description that tallied exactly , my first impulse was to go to England and strangle you with my bare hands . |
| 23 | ‘ When Barak told him you were in Beirut — ‘ |
| 24 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 25 | Nick said : ‘ When doctors told me I would n't live past Christmas , my only wish was to see my sister get married . |
| 26 | STEWART Renton was amazed when doctors told him he had broken his leg in two places — and he could expect to be off work for three months ! |
| 27 | When Piedish told me he had secured Webley 's transfer to Leeds United , I laughed him out of the Duck and Forceps . |
| 28 | Do you think he 's gon na go even more berserk when Andrew tells him they 've changed the two nights accommodations ? |
| 29 | But when magistrates told her she 'd be jailed for three months , she collapsed in the dock . |
| 30 | He was even more irritated when Bunny told her she was to be interviewed by a reporter from the Manchester Daily News . |