Example sentences of "tell [pron] he [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He told me he wrote it to distract him from pain in his last days . |
| 2 | When they were driving along he encouraged her to talk about her father and from what she told him he knew it had been a struggle for her even to get a servant 's position . |
| 3 | His wife is searching for the book because Ward told her he had it . |
| 4 | Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it . |
| 5 | He told her he stole it . |
| 6 | It was a very small audience , only about forty people , and he came up to us in the break and told us he loved it and wanted a T-shirt . |
| 7 | In Peart , the more authoritative case , the accused received a car from the victim when he had told him he wanted it for a certain journey . |
| 8 | But he had crossed the road — actually crossed the road — to tell her he thought it was the most interesting interview he had ever heard on the Parker Show . |