Example sentences of "[conj] i tell he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , I am Simpkin 's right hand man and he believes that I tell him . |
| 3 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 4 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 5 | I thought they were beautiful in their male hardness and power , so I told him : ‘ Dana , your hands are perfect , front and back . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 7 | I 've never been very good at rejecting people , so I told him I was frigid . |
| 8 | ‘ The guy tried to trip me up , so I told him what I thought . |
| 9 | This was very promising indeed and Paul , the breeder , sounded like a really nice , caring sort of chap , so I told him I was very interested , and would call with a definite answer in a few days . |
| 10 | He said he was a Bill Francis , so I told him we had a General Francis talking to Mum in the sitting-room , and he seemed ever so surprised ! |
| 11 | ‘ So I told him it was over . |
| 12 | Even that did not stop Pugh getting quizzical looks from the referee who asked about his age , so I told him that he was not the Pugh named as sub in the programme but the club mascot . |
| 13 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |
| 14 | But at the interview he said , " I could n't figure out if you were at school or not " , so I told him and he said , " And you 've managed to do your A levels ? " |
| 15 | I ca n't put on the black and peach creations he bought before , so I told him to go and get something sensible at Marks and Spencer . |
| 16 | Rosie 's got the stuff again and she did n't get it from him , so I told him Oliver had supplied her . |
| 17 | I felt I had to make him happy after all the sad things which had happened to him , so I told him his English was very good . |
| 18 | Broussac once asked what I was doing in Paris , so I told him . |
| 19 | ‘ So I told him ‘ yes ’ without bothering to consult you . ’ |
| 20 | He wonders why I 'm not caddying for Arnold Palmer , so I tell him there 's been a mix-up and he takes me on . |
| 21 | Major Mills has a hand on my knee , so I tell him I am furious . |
| 22 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 23 | He asks if he should and I tell him , ‘ Yes , that is part of sharing ’ . ’ |
| 24 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 25 | ‘ Everything all right outside ? ’ he asks , and I tell him I checked before coming in . |
| 26 | We go a hundred yards and I tell him to stop . |
| 27 | Leo had promised to ring me that evening in case there had been any news from the hospital ; and I told him my own news . |
| 28 | He seemed relaxed again , and I told him , ‘ Hit a good shot and just relax . ’ |
| 29 | He two-putted and we hugged and I told him how proud I was . |
| 30 | We went to a café and I told him to get what he wanted . |