Example sentences of "tell him [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 2 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 3 | In France , meeting with the head of Ariola Records , the company responsible for distributing Virgin in that country , Branson listened with interest as the managing director told him excitedly that Ariola were about to pull off an enormous coup by signing Julien Clerc , France 's Frank Sinatra . |
| 4 | The Doctor had known many of the great leaders in the history of Earth and his instincts told him immediately that Witcher was not one of them . |
| 5 | After a performance in Manchester towards the end of 1989 , Gedge was accosted by a group of fans who told him vehemently that the band 's new songs were poor compared with previous material . |
| 6 | I just hope his source is more reliable than the Yard chap who told him confidentially that Theo Sykes killed Puddephat . ’ |
| 7 | When he ordered her to open the safe , she told him truthfully that she did not carry the keys . |
| 8 | ‘ Frank , you 've messed up my beautiful carpet , ’ Hauser told him mildly and smiled . |
| 9 | The Lord told him plainly that entering the Kingdom demanded a new start . |
| 10 | I told him also that Britain 's only strategic weapon would be the minimum deterrent constituted by Trident . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We talked about it , ’ said Jenny , ‘ because I told him frankly that I was in love with Jamie , and he looked at me as if I needed my head examined ! ’ |
| 13 | Then his sister told him gently that schools like his did n't have bells , a bell would lower the tone of the place and put off the parents of prospective pupils . |
| 14 | At least it got her out of his office without more lecturing , and when Glyn presented himself rather smugly she told him smartly that she intended to go to France and she intended to go alone . |
| 15 | I told him then that when we came to England we 'd be staying at this hotel . |
| 16 | er it were this mechanic who lives in who 's , who knows a good mate of Tony 's and he 's told Tony Tony told him like and he says right , he said leave the car to me . |
| 17 | ‘ I told him there and then that shot would n't work . |
| 18 | He 'll have to go without pay and I told him there and then . |
| 19 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 20 | yeah , he 's gon na be fifteen this year , he 's one year and a half older than me , so , and he goes , I told him okay and he goes you 're young , and I goes I know |
| 21 | However , the Minister knows that all the galleries — certainly the Tate and the national gallery — have told him strongly that the Government have the term of the trusteeships wrong . |
| 22 | She had not told him exactly where she had got all the money that had been spent so freely around this house , but of course he guessed . |
| 23 | Well he 's like the pig in the middle again , er they 've told him well unless you drive the waggon backwards and forwards through the gates , well you 're no good to us sort of down the road . |
| 24 | His ear confirmed what the electronic bug had told him shortly before he had entered the suite , namely that there was no sound of movement from within the bedroom , or its adjacent bathroom . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're both civilians , ’ he had told him crisply when he first took him on . |
| 26 | ‘ She ought to have told him just before they went to church , ’ said Marian . |
| 27 | She knew , for she had told him so that first night , that her situation , alone , unchaperoned , unprotected — and that was the worst of it ! — laid her open to advances . |
| 28 | In other words ‘ if he thought he was nt part of the future plans Id have told him so and he would have asked for a transfer … has he ? ? |
| 29 | She had told him once as they lay at peace in bed that the sleep after childbirth , an unconsciousness that might only last a split second , was the most complete sleep she had ever known and when you woke from it you felt you had been elsewhere for a hundred years . |
| 30 | She had told him then that her body was all she had to offer a man . |