Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It started off all in Melior , with the text — the text I think was in Melior or Melior tells me that the text was originally in Melior with ordinary Melior headings , then when it appeared it was Nimrod with Melior bold . |
| 2 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 3 | When it 's all over around 2am , the crew celebrate with a drink or five upstairs , and Michaela tells us she 's just signed a record deal with London Records . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure he would , the good man , Lord rest him , ’ said Julia and Mrs Redmond went on , ‘ I came home one night and Sarah told me my mother had told her she should start going out and enjoying herself , and I was relieved . |
| 5 | It put me in mind of the man I met there , and Ill tell you for free , you 're nothing like him . |
| 6 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 7 | Well Dad and Sophie told him exactly what , what he was like and everything thought oh my God ! |
| 8 | Esler and Gregory told us that they were planning a report on Terry Waite 's anniversary in January and if we wanted publicity , they would interview us . |
| 9 | When I came round again , I could not see and Jorge told me my father was dead . ’ |
| 10 | Nick was hitting the ball too low , and David told him to swing under more and finish higher . |
| 11 | The last thing she remembered was the sun perched on the shed window ledge like a big golden ball , and Edward telling her it was bedtime . |
| 12 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 13 | Well Alex mixed the mix , I put them in the oven and Sue told me get them out or they 'll burn . |
| 14 | Finally , while it could be argued that Greeley and Rossi tell us something of catholic versus state schooling in the US , they have nothing to tell us about catholic versus Christian , multi-denominational schools , which is what most of the argument in Ireland is about . |
| 15 | ‘ And Fitzormonde told you all ? ’ |
| 16 | In the tent that night we eat smoked trout and Odd-Knut tells us that the previous year there was a fight on his team and after it was over and the dogs were moving again he saw blood on the snow . |
| 17 | She had hoped that Rosie Lane at least , who was usually willing to try anything once , would have accepted the challenge , but she demurred , pleading a headache , and Janice told her , in mysterious tones , as though provided with obscene , private information , that she would be mad to go to such a place , that it was rough there , and wicked beyond all Clara 's pitiful conceptions of wickedness , and that if she went there anything might happen to her . |
| 18 | ‘ Get hold of Sabrina and C.W. Tell them I want them here by two this afternoon . ’ |
| 19 | They rushed out into Regent 's Park — out of earshot — and Simon told her , yes of course he was forcing her hand , it was blackmail : he did love her so , she was the right one for him and he 'd take her tomorrow on five hundred pounds , if someone would lend them to him , and he did rather fancy himself as a married man at twenty-one . |
| 20 | He asked about several crimes of violence that had happened in south-east Antrim and Beattie told him that he knew nothing about any of them . |
| 21 | James right like Mr right he did n't know right and we have this sort of erm water fountain and he was running towards it and he , and he filled up his mouth with it and he was spitting it everywhere and we were all sort of getting out the way and Mr told him if you do n't want to drink it then leave it alone and he sort of turned and walked away . |
| 22 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 23 | And Pam told us yesterday that she ca n't kiss her on the lips . |
| 24 | Mrs Redmond called to see Julia one afternoon as she sometimes did now and Julia told her of the conversation about mourning . |
| 25 | Out through the archway at the end of the mews , a couple of turns , and Josie told her that they were on Harley Street . |
| 26 | After you found us , and Warren told you we were already — he had already … ’ |
| 27 | and Wilfred told me himself when I went up there ! |
| 28 | ‘ Ouch ! ’ he said shakily , ‘ And Quincx told me you were a likeable young woman ! ’ |
| 29 | There are the scribes and the Pharisees , and they began grumble saying , this man receives sinners and eats with them , and Jesus told them a parable . |
| 30 | You 'd better get used to doing what Mait and Henri tell you . ’ |