Example sentences of "tell him of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE SON of a British Army officer yesterday described to the Aldington libel jury in the High Court how his late father told him of his ‘ horror ’ when he received the order to repatriate Cossacks at the end of the second world war . |
| 2 | Urquhart knew him ; and falling into talk Paul told him of his predicament . |
| 3 | Lewis had written to Uncle Hilbert and told him of his intention to name his son after him , inviting him to be the child 's godfather . |
| 4 | He told him of his experience and was interested to know that the phenomenon is by no means unknown and the other went on to relate another incident involving footsteps that he heard outside the office , but when he opened the door to investigate no one was there . |
| 5 | Yet he had since seen Aycliffe and told him of his unaltered intention to come into possession of them by wedding her . |
| 6 | Mr Litherland , Labour MP for Manchester Central , said he had drawn attention to the security flaw after a building worker told him of his concern while working at the court building . |
| 7 | The letter telling him of his disgrace was delivered to him in prison . |
| 8 | Hypocrisy of this kind derives from the agent 's conscience telling him of his evil , while his desire not to appear evil causes him to feign goodness . |
| 9 | He was a taciturn man who found it difficult to talk to a boy ; but he did sometimes spare time to tell him of his travels in the wilder parts of Alberta , of encounters with grizzly bears , white water rushing through narrow gorges , being lost in unexpected snowstorms , in an unconquered wilderness totally alien to his suburb-bred son . |
| 10 | In the evenings in Hut 2 he had twice pulled Holly to a corner to tell him of his innocence . |
| 11 | Ken kept pressing Clive to tell him of his sexual adventures on site . |