Example sentences of "tell [n mass] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birdie Mac in the sweet shop told people that it took a great amount of faith these days to realise that God was fair-minded . |
| 2 | Mr Parkinson told MPs that he welcomed the report by Sir Anthony Hidden , QC . |
| 3 | Sitting up in her hospital bed in the Lancashire resort 's Victoria Hospital , Nicola told staff that she was trying to make her money go further by making for the seaside town . |
| 4 | Obviously , we have information about poverty and deficiencies in Strathclyde , and it is right that local authorities and organisations tell people that they are entitled to benefits . |
| 5 | When I tell people that I spent 10 years in the European Parliament , they tell me that I was a hedonist . |
| 6 | I 've been to the open-air theatre on the island every year since it opened , and I always tell people that you 've never really seen Shakespeare until you 've seen it on Brownsea . |
| 7 | Tell people that you are going to meet Linford Christie , and women go coy and men go bawdy , and it is all because of the shorts , the blatant visual précis of the image . |
| 8 | Wilkinson added : ‘ When I am old and grey I will tell people that I was there when Eric Cantona scored that goal against Chelsea . ’ |
| 9 | So I 'd tell people that I should n't really be listening to them , and they 'd get quite upset … |
| 10 | We receive letters telling us that a notice was put on a board in the office telling people that they could claim . |
| 11 | I am also going to stop telling people that I 'm a ‘ pretty good driver ’ . |
| 12 | So please take on board that it is not good enough to answer that a notice was put up to tell people that they could claim , when many people are blind or disabled or do not have the wherewithal to understand . |
| 13 | Now that my divorce has come through we thought it was time to tell people that we were getting married and start seeing each other openly . |
| 14 | And even if it and are you supposed to tell people that you 're recording what they 're saying or just record it |
| 15 | That 's why it 's best not to tell people that you 're doing it you see because then they they 're careful what they say . |
| 16 | ‘ It would n't be very nice , would it , if I had to tell people that I had a mean niece . ’ |