Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [that] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard thinks to himself that he must write to his children tonight and tell them that he has seen his first angels . |
| 2 | People tell me that she looks like me : elegant while concealing an active disposition behind a refined behaviour . |
| 3 | MRS Thatcher 's friends tell me that she has finally come around to the idea of going to the Lords after the election . |
| 4 | Maybe the day will come when Mark will ring me from the museum and tell me that it 's been decided that I must add to the catalogue the pedigree of the wrapping or package in question : Ice lolly wrapper ‘ Captain Marvel ’ , Walls , 1985 , found , Whitechapel Road , EC , condition : poor . |
| 5 | Maybe it 's not easy to see what all this has to do with cancer , but you must bear with me if I tell you that it has . |
| 6 | She bade me tell you that she loves you very dearly , and has never ceased to miss you . ’ |
| 7 | If you live round the corner from Mary Whitehouse could you pop in and tell her that her phone is off the hook she has n't replaced the receiver and she she 's quite an elderly lady and I would would be terribly upset if if she had n't got her phone back cos she might need it for emergencies or something like that and I am a caring concerned person so could you could you pop round the corner to Mary 's house and tell her that she has n't put her phone on the hook off the hook properly could you do that ? |
| 8 | They simply tell us that someone has some very specific desires , aches and pains . |
| 9 | Given that series of gaffes , will he now compound his confusion and tell us that he bears no personal responsibility for the appalling slump that is devastating Britain today ? |
| 10 | Charlie tell us that she has to programme the computers to show the correct illustrations . |