Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] tell him " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You mean you do n't want me to tell him ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I just told him something Mrs Gotobed asked me to tell him . |
| 3 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 4 | As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , I mean I told him |
| 6 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 7 | ‘ Jack and Rod disagree about everything , and each one wants me to tell him he is right . |
| 8 | Then she collapsed limply , put her head on her knees , and said , ‘ I think he wants me to tell him something nasty about Hepzibah . |
| 9 | His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be . |
| 10 | Has he guessed , has somebody told him , is that what all this is about ? |
| 11 | says , she say you told him what |
| 12 | I want you to tell him I ca n't assist him any further and there 's no point him contacting me again . |
| 13 | She found herself telling him about the Vermeer she had been painstakingly copying , and then with a shudder of its destruction . |
| 14 | He made as if to talk to them when they melted before his very eyes ; he could n't believe it and as the guard approached he told him what he had seen . |
| 15 | He does n't need anyone to tell him how to be a brilliant jock . |
| 16 | ‘ The one you told me to tell him , of course . ’ |
| 17 | Well that 's where you told me to tell him to put it , behind the shed . |
| 18 | Let me tell him about the previous 12 months ' statistics which show a decrease in salmonella food poisoning and that the Food Safety Act 1990 is working . |
| 19 | ‘ She just could n't bring herself to tell him to sod off . ’ |
| 20 | And he says they told him to get out the building |
| 21 | He says he told him : ‘ fire everyone except one marketing guy , one order administrator and 200 engineers . |
| 22 | He recalled his telling him about the time he went into a pub when a man suggested having sex with him and pulled down his trousers in front of the assembled company . |
| 23 | I see him about in school but I ca n't bring myself to tell him . |
| 24 | I do n't wonder you could n't bring yourself to tell him what was happening . |
| 25 | What did he want you to tell him ? ’ |
| 26 | Eventually she let him win and asked who told him . |
| 27 | It would have helped you to tell him . " |
| 28 | ' ’ He may like you to tell him that . ’ |
| 29 | If you do n't like it tell him so , or else stay out of his reach . ’ |
| 30 | But he made one tell him and immediately he had explained or shown one the fallacy of one 's doubt . |