Example sentences of "tells [pers pn] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mollie ca n't believe her new shape and tells me that her colleagues ca n't get over the transformation either . |
| 2 | She tells me that her son has been influenced by some flighty little English madam to renege on his own responsibilities in order to give her a conducted tour of Copenhagen . ’ |
| 3 | Then , as he drank the rest of his coffee , he said , ‘ Mr Woodall tells me that their veterinary nurse is going to leave . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed , however , that she was not , for she suddenly switched the conversation by saying , ‘ Your husband tells me that your temporary housekeeper is leaving soon and your maternity nurse is being replaced by a young nanny . ’ |
| 5 | Surprisingly , I find that all my reasons for postponing giving birth still apply : I do n't particularly like children ; I value my independence , the freedom to come and go , the open doors ; I want to write , and literary history tells me that my chances of succeeding as a writer and a mother are pitiful ; I hate and fear the nuclear family , the stifling atmosphere , the exploited wife and mother , the generation gap . |
| 6 | The junior minister at the Scottish Office , Allan Stewart , tells me that his role in matters such as mink in Shetland is no more than that ‘ essentially of a confirming authority ’ . |
| 7 | Which is interesting because he also tells me that his father expected him to follow him to Cambridge University . |
| 8 | This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for Letterman to bring to bear his feminine understanding on eager actresses , although something tells me that his Californian slightly-absurd-boyish-middle-aged charm will not go down well in Paris . |
| 9 | Crilly tells me that his mother has worked all her life to pay for this house . |
| 10 | A new member there tells me that his subscription has suddenly doubled and he now feels he joined without being told the facts . |
| 11 | The susceptibility of individuals to disease ; if animals are kept or treated in such a way that their immune system does not work very well , that in itself tells you that their welfare is less good than it might be . |
| 12 | Dona Teresa tells you that her husband Manoel came home from work sick , his knees shaking , his body weak and so tired he could barely swallow a few mouthfuls of dinner . |
| 13 | If a double-glazing salesman tells you that his product is crap , believe him . |
| 14 | The wife , in a panic , tells him that her husband is whetting his knife in order to castrate him , implying that the husband has some grounds for suspecting a sexual relationship between the wife and the priest . |
| 15 | John Richardson tells us that its violent tone actually protected Rothenstein . |
| 16 | The third and final volume is devoted to quantum theory and there he tells us that its first chapter will tackle the basic element of the mysterious behaviour in its most strange form . |
| 17 | Wordsworth tells us that our memories are selective : certain ‘ spots of time ’ are able to restore us when we are ‘ depress 'd ’ — compare the recollections of the Wye Valley in Tintern Abbey . |
| 18 | This manifest contradiction unc tells us that our one assumption is not tenable . |
| 19 | When Roderigo , ‘ this poor trash of Venice ’ , leaves , Iago tells us that his plan is still vague , but that he intends to bring Othello to the point where surface and reality are so inverted that he will ‘ thank ’ Iago for making him an ass , In the event , Iago succeeds in making Cassio drunk , proceeds to ‘ put ’ him into an ‘ action ’ that — just like the tribunes ' manipulation — degrades him yet ‘ approves my dream ’ ( II.iii.58ff. ) — his fantasy or plan of success . |
| 20 | Mr. Thorpe is the 47th patient to receive this form of new treatment and he tells us that his medical condition has dramatically improved . |