Example sentences of "tell [noun pl] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winnie Mandela told supporters that she had been found guilty by the media . |
| 2 | There she told officers that she had been stripped , raped and abused by the men of the First Battalion . |
| 3 | Pham told delegates that there had been a rapid increase in export turnover during the first half of 1990 , but that the production of export goods was threatened by the major socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe , which had forced some countries to cancel contracts , and that " the dilatory payment and overdue debts to the export goods manufacturers fail to encourage the production of export goods " . |
| 4 | Mr Geoffrey Hillcoat , of Durham county council , told members that they planned to end the unnecessary wait . |
| 5 | But privately he told friends that he had been cowed by his rave reviews . |
| 6 | Mr Gummer has used the guest house for every Tory conference since his student days and he told friends that he has been rewarded for his continued custom with the best room in the house . |
| 7 | She was with a stranger and told friends that she intended to stay at the site as long as possible and then possibly go to Portsmouth . |
| 8 | I told detectives that he had a pilot 's licence and could fly himself out of the country . |
| 9 | He allegedly told police that he had no memory of what happened that night . |
| 10 | Griffiths , 40 , told police that he had no intention of paying for the goods which came from Littlewoods Catalogues , John Moores Catalogues , Empire Stores , Readers Digest and other companies . |
| 11 | He told police that he had tried cannabis during the previous weekend while driving in Catterick Garrison with a friend . |
| 12 | He received hospital treatment for a cut eye and a split lip but told police that he did not want to press charges . |
| 13 | The hijackers , who told reporters that they had been attempting to gain publicity for the pro-democracy cause in Myanma , pleaded guilty in Bangkok Criminal Court on Jan. 30 , 1990 . |
| 14 | However , senior ANC officials , including the organization 's secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa , told reporters that they intended leading the march on to Bisho itself , less than 1 km from the stadium . |
| 15 | Responding to the absence of clearer guidelines on exchange rates , Bérégovoy told reporters that it indicated that current parities suited all G-7 partners . |
| 16 | Referring to the recent bomb blasts in Belfast , Portadown and Magherafelt , Sir Patrick told reporters that he believed the IRA had stepped up its campaign of destruction because it would never win by the ballot-box and he revealed that he would be talking to senior RUC officers later today to discuss the present security situation . |
| 17 | Vietnam 's foreign minister , Nguyen Co Thach , hemmed and hawed and told reporters that he had ‘ not yet accepted and not yet rejected ’ the conditions . |
| 18 | V. P. Singh visited the area soon after the disaster and told reporters that he had not seen such human suffering in any previous natural calamity . |
| 19 | Berisha told reporters that he had informed Genscher that Albania 's most urgent needs were for aid for agriculture and for help in solving transport problems . |
| 20 | Wilkins also told magistrates that he had n't deliberately tipped his drink over the bar but that it had been an accident . |
| 21 | James told magistrates that he had been using speed for about five years and injected himself three or four times a month . |
| 22 | Miss Pickering told magistrates that he opened up accounts with names he plucked from the telephone directory . |
| 23 | She told magistrates that she had been into town and was late getting the car back home to her parents who needed it for an important appointment . |
| 24 | McClennan added : ‘ I have told Saints that I want a complete break from coaching and I will return home to Auckland at the end of the season . ’ |
| 25 | He has told friends that he intends to recreate the best bits of Neddy . |
| 26 | The publication of the tape is likely to cause further concern to Diana who has already told friends that she believed that at least some of her private calls were being monitored and recorded . |
| 27 | New witnesses have told police that they saw the two youths with James in Walton . |
| 28 | He added that a prime suspect in the investigation , who had told police that he had no gun at the time of the murder , is now known to have possessed a double-barrelled shotgun at the time . |
| 29 | THE Home Secretary has told colleagues that he expects a fresh Commons debate on the death penalty before the next election and that he would speak and vote for its restoration as a deterrent for some murders . |
| 30 | Tell customers that we have received their written complaints and claims for compensation within 24 hours of receiving them ; |