Example sentences of "tell [noun sg] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also on April 30 , de Klerk told Parliament that he had ordered the release of 933 political prisoners since 1990 , and that those still in prison would be freed within days . |
| 2 | He went home with a single man whose mantelpiece was crowded with framed family photos — partners , holidays , weddings , babies , graduations , christenings ; the man ( who was gorgeous ) told Boy that he worked in a photo processing lab , and that none of the photos were of his own family or lovers , but were all stolen . |
| 3 | Andrew agreed , and told Service that I had gone to China and was engaged in broadcasting work there . |
| 4 | Dr John Stewart , Director of Recruitment and Admissions , told Campus that he continues to be greatly encouraged by the interest shown overseas in Stirling 's undergraduate and postgraduate courses . |
| 5 | Philip Leapor told Freemantle that he worked for the Blencowe family for five years following his daughter 's birth . |
| 6 | Faculty chairman Peter Wyman told ACCOUNTANCY that he thought the editorials were ‘ outrageous ’ . |
| 7 | The next morning at breakfast she told Conradin that she had sold the chicken . |
| 8 | There was a young boy there with his cows at the time , and he told Kalchu that he had watched the bull and it had walked slowly right round the circumference of the Kālādika , before lying down where Kalchu had found it . |
| 9 | Last night , Amaranth Wilikins had told Grunte that she had yet to make up her mind in which of the many debates she would try to speak . |
| 10 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 11 | we 've not told daddy that you 've done that |
| 12 | The prosaic explanation for the Government 's inaction is an insult to tourism : manufacturers have told Government that they want an uninterrupted flow of production between the August bank holiday and Christmas . |
| 13 | Suppose that nephew had told uncle that he intended to break off the engagement and uncle had written : ‘ I am disappointed to hear you are thinking of breaking off your engagement . |
| 14 | When you tell Oreste that he has been blessed with a brother I beg you to remind him that he is his mother 's first-born and as such has pride of place in her heart . |
| 15 | well he likes marshal art do n't he ? we wo n't tell daddy that you knocked a full on the table of black currant all over the carpet will we ? |
| 16 | And — ’ She turned her daughter 's face fully to her and cupped her cheek as she said , ‘ You must tell Daddy that you want me to bath you . |
| 17 | Adam could truthfully tell Elinor that he read every word she wrote and found her books absorbing . |
| 18 | For days I 've been telling Caliban that I do n't see why D and M and everyone else should be left in the dark about whether I still exist . |
| 19 | The government objected , telling Harish that he had to base his judgements on purely legal grounds . |
| 20 | There remained the question about whether to tell Merymose that he had seen Surere . |