Example sentences of "to tell he [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was just about to go away on business when Charles rang to tell him we were n't going to St Lucia after all . |
| 2 | Lying rigid , her cheeks burning , she wanted to tell him it was all right , that she wanted him too . |
| 3 | ‘ I know we should n't have let him go , but I did n't feel we know him well enough to tell him he was too drunk to drive . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You are Miss Claudia Adams , owner of a dress shop and also a model , ’ he stated , his voice heavy with sarcasm , and Claudia , annoyed that he should call her beautiful showroom a dress shop , did n't bother to tell him she was n't a model . |
| 5 | Luce had tried to tell him she was n't sure enough of her feelings , but Paul was like a human bulldozer . |
| 6 | She wanted to call out to Guy to tell him she was here , but somehow her voice seemed stuck in her throat and she could n't bring herself to do it . |
| 7 | She tried to find the words to tell him she did n't want to make love , to tell him she was totally opposed to such casual male dominance , but somehow they would n't come . |
| 8 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |
| 9 | She had telephoned at nearly midnight to tell him I was n't very well and he should call before office hours in the morning to cheer me up , but he was n't back . |
| 10 | ‘ I was wondering if you could put out a message over the public address system to tell him I 'm here . |