Example sentences of "tell [pron] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I talk about Bernard and tell them he is in publishing . |
| 2 | Well dad said you tell them he said you 're ill , stay in bed . |
| 3 | Now you tell me he ai n't even here ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They tell me he 's a little more relaxed on this one than his earlier ones , ’ says Kyle MacLachlan , Agent Cooper in David Lynch 's TV-phenomenon Twin Peaks and now a dead ringer for keyboard player Ray Manzarek . |
| 5 | They tell me he near strangled himself with the bowstring when the stave snapped on him this afternoon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They tell me he was squealing like a pig , ’ the man said , ‘ when they put the stitches in . ’ |
| 7 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 8 | The taxi driver said , ‘ You tell me he was shot , he looked like he 'd been shot . |
| 9 | The lot tell me he lot . |
| 10 | Tell me he has n't ! ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know what Tod makes of them , except that his glands tell me he could do without any special attention , or any attention at all . |
| 12 | My instincts tell me he 's up to something . |
| 13 | ‘ Resistance probably undermined by this hot climate you tell me he 's been living in . |
| 14 | They tell me he 'll win the Derby . |
| 15 | Cry my eyes out , make an absolute wally of myself and now you tell me he was a Repo Man . ’ |
| 16 | My friends tell me he 's military attaché at the Brit Embassy here . ’ |
| 17 | They tell me he 's got toothache and tummy ache from eating too many sweets . |
| 18 | Why did n't Steve ring me and tell me he was putting some |
| 19 | I thought you were getting yourself into trouble there again , but you tell me he ca n't be listening to you . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps it is saying something when I tell you he was aiming for the optician 's and ended up in the carpet shop , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I tell you he was a very good bloke . |
| 22 | But unfortunately we can then easily imagine a context in which that sentence might be appropriately used , in which it is not assumed that John cheated : for example , you thought he had cheated , asked me whether he now repents , but I tell you he never did , and persuade you accordingly , and then I say so John does n't regret cheating ( Gazdar , 1979a : 105 ) . |
| 23 | Because we asked , we come to see the horses and he said well if I tell you he , he , he was English were n't he ? |
| 24 | I tell you he 's got a lot of blooming skeletons in his cupboard ai n't he ? |
| 25 | Oh I tell you he wants to me her ! |
| 26 | But he was I tell you he was resurrected again . |
| 27 | Since my hotel is within sight , I tell him he can go . |
| 28 | ‘ And tell him he 's to wear Dutch uniform tonight ! ’ |
| 29 | When I tell him he laughs at me . |
| 30 | You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly . |