Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] that [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berle met with Canadian officials at the end of March 1944 , and told them that he liked their draft convention , but considered it a long-term rather than an immediate possibility . |
| 2 | He told me that he fired his gun at the dogs and they ran away . |
| 3 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 4 | In my letter to Eliot , enclosing my own article , I had expressed the hope that , in contrast to Rowse , who told me that he considered my letter ‘ ineffective ’ , might approve of it . |
| 5 | When Liz told me that she thought your boss wanted to marry you I knew I had to step in and stop that nonsense once and for all , ’ he grated , his strong arms tightening possessively about her . |
| 6 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 7 | I told you that she felt her life was ended . |
| 8 | The only thing that I said was erm that Tony told us that you keep your game tonight so that you 've got a friend any time you want . |
| 9 | You 've told me that you spent your adolescence in isolation , actually codifying every little bodily habit and cognitive loop — ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Barnet tells me that she expects her husband when she sees him . |
| 11 | And if , like us , you 've never heard of her , we should tell you that she plays his 14-year-old daughter in a romantic piece of ooh-la-la entitled My Father The Hero . |
| 12 | You did n't tell him that I got my |
| 13 | Braque himself tells us that he began his L'Estaque pictures by establishing a background plane and ‘ advancing the picture towards myself bit by bit ’ . |
| 14 | And that 's while he was telling me that he wanted his Harley Street centre to offer a rape examination suite . |
| 15 | When she 'd said she was worried about her superiors , he 'd felt like telling her that he had her superiors right where he wanted them , but he could n't . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you going to tell me that he holds his castle for the Empress and wo n't take you back ? ’ |
| 17 | Well , I just want to tell her that I understand her predicament and that she should feel free to call old Sam up anytime . |