Example sentences of "i [verb] tell him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 2 | Knowing what they were like for drink I tried to tell him but he would n't listen . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to tell him that , but he kept hanging up . ’ |
| 4 | There were times when I tried to tell him before that I was just sleeping with him because he wanted to sleep with me , but he 's a person who can get easily upset , and I did n't want to hurt him . |
| 5 | I er I tried to tell him He he tried to point out to me , he says , That er the average earnings you see of district inspectors you see ? |
| 6 | When he got up to go I tried to tell him that I understood , that I would n't say anything if he would take me home , but he backed away out . |
| 7 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 8 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 9 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 10 | I want to tell him so . |
| 11 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |
| 12 | ‘ I wish I 'd told him to , to … ’ |
| 13 | Dad was still convinced I was trying to be something — a lawyer , I 'd told him recently , because even he knew that that doctor stuff was a wind-up . |
| 14 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 15 | I 'd told him that he had fainted , which he found fascinating . |
| 16 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 17 | But I remembered I 'd told him to go to bed ; he 'd be asleep by now . |
| 18 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 19 | " What if I 'd told him that the Avignon was carrying a young man named Charles Sherman who 's destined one day maybe to become the President of the United States ? " |
| 20 | ( He gawped at me as if I 'd told him to swim the Atlantic . ) |
| 21 | It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree . |
| 22 | I 'd told him . |
| 23 | I 'd told him in his office it would do no good , but he insisted . |
| 24 | How am I going to tell him ? |
| 25 | For the first time in our marriage I began to tell him lies . |
| 26 | Not long after we met , I remember telling him that in my opinion his only fault was that he was too predictable , that , although no doubt perverse , I enjoyed being kept guessing a bit more often . |
| 27 | Two out of the three instances ( " I don " t believe any of that … " ( p. 71 ) and " How could I have told him that ? |
| 28 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 29 | Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie . |
| 30 | I keep telling him that . |