Example sentences of "tells i he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cook tells me he 'd seen it somewhere and wanted one for his wife . |
| 2 | My local electronics dealer tells me he is confident that there will be GPS under £1,000 within six months and then the real price war will begin as the manufacturer battle it out for the lucrative yacht market . |
| 3 | Páll tells me he once had his boat in the centre of a leaping school of orca . |
| 4 | But something tells me he is no longer alive . |
| 5 | He has his independence and he tells me he has never been happier in his life . |
| 6 | He tells me he is already acquainted with Mr. Miller and Mr. Rand . |
| 7 | The previous owner tells me he thinks it came from a 1976 vehicle but the distributor and starter motor are dated 1972 , 1971 . |
| 8 | I love him dearly and he tells me he feels the same , and we have talked of marriage . |
| 9 | This sport , you understand , is run by the Pony Club , and Plumpton tells me he can arrange for us to enter their unaffiliated competitions without actually getting too involved . |
| 10 | ‘ Clive tells me he 's had to let you go . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He tells me he is going straight on to Australia to see Greg , ’ Hugo said . |
| 12 | He tells me he implored her to let him beg her release , but she refused . |
| 13 | ( Our big fish man Andy Parkes tells me he prefers the name Oddballs for the fish he keeps — he feels a tank buster is a fish that ‘ has to be turned round several times a day ’ — which sums up how I feel ) . |
| 14 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 15 | Mr Mortimer , currently at work on a play for the BBC and a drama series for Meridian , tells me he hopes there will be another Rumpole series : ‘ But not for a little while . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ To save my suffering Papa tells me he is dead for sure . |
| 17 | Lord Tebbit tells me he has still to agree on his luxury — ‘ the BBC seem to be rather narrow-minded about some of the luxuries I 'd thought of . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Ron Fenton may seem an obvious choice to an outsider , ’ he said , ‘ but my inside knowledge tells me he would not be the players ' choice . |
| 19 | Something tells me he wo n't pass up this opportunity to establish himself as an international . |
| 20 | His mother tells me he is out every night at some ‘ do ’ ' or other . |
| 21 | He scowls at them , and tells me he never smiles in photos . |
| 22 | My dad tells me he met a friend of his aged 59 , unemployed , who 'd sold his house , car , video and now his wife is in hospital after taking an overdose . |
| 23 | ‘ He tells me he may have to go into a rest home . |
| 24 | And er he tells me he says , Well we night that we were going to do it , meeting them from work it w it was getting dark of course , December , he said that there was only me turned up . |
| 25 | But my Bible tells me he gave me the power to receive him and to become . |
| 26 | Not if he 's in the area , and everything tells me he is . ’ |
| 27 | He tells me he was sharing a room with his friend while Suzie had a bed in his friend 's sister 's room . |
| 28 | He tells me he is soon to release a single on his own . |
| 29 | Rose tells me he 's back and peacocking about as a vicar . ’ |
| 30 | He wants to come in , but a glance up to the bridge tells me he expects a vast crowd to appear out of nowhere , the minute he strips naked . |