Example sentences of "[noun prp] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Berty telled somebody and it |
| 2 | What I am saying here now is not hearsay , this is what David telled us in his Bible meetings . |
| 3 | Mr Shaban told AIBS representatives of the difficulties he had experienced in establishing Amnesty pre-groups in Gaza over the past three years . |
| 4 | Jimmy Airlie of the AEW told Sir Christopher : ‘ It is our view that BNFL , under your chairmanship , has become more open and more sensitive to the need to develop good public relations in order to more effectively put the case for nuclear energy . |
| 5 | Earlier yesterday Constable Sandra Dougan told Belfast Coroner 's Court Moore was ‘ lying ’ when he had claimed they were lovers and insisted they were just ‘ friends ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't try and be clever , ’ Markby told him , hanging determinedly on to his patience . |
| 7 | Some days later Gwenellen told me he had attended his first follow-up clinic two days previously . |
| 8 | Mutalibov told Izvestiya , from his hiding place in Russia , that the charges were political persecution . |
| 9 | ‘ Kill one or two and run away , ’ Woolley told him . |
| 10 | ‘ You did a piss-poor-job on those balloons , ’ Woolley told him . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're simple , ’ Woolley told him . |
| 12 | ‘ I flew over there two hours ago , ’ Woolley told the telephone . |
| 13 | But Gazza told reporters afterwards he was just disappointed his team had lost . |
| 14 | David said : ‘ Kylie told me she wanted our romance to end because she had a lot of pressure from work — she was always very busy . ’ |
| 15 | Kylie told the magazine reporter : ‘ I 've had a great family life and have n't had the sort of problems she encountered . |
| 16 | Borland International Inc chief executive officer Phillipe Kahn told InformationWeek that Computer Associates wined and dined Novell Inc boss Ray Noorda in an attempt to acquire the company . |
| 17 | Borland International Inc chief executive officer Phillipe Kahn told InformationWeek that Computer Associates International Inc wined and dined Novell Inc boss Ray Noorda in an attempt to acquire the NetWare company : Kahn said Noorda quoted an inflated price and chief Computer Associate Charles Wang and executive vice-president Sanjay Kumar stormed away from the table ; the Islandia , New York company has also try to get Borland , Kahn said , going so far as to threaten a hostile takeover bid for the company . |
| 18 | ‘ You know we are Jews and Jews remember what happened 50 years ago and during this time nobody in the world was doing anything to save the Jews , ’ Kahn told reporters at Zagreb 's Pleso airport . |
| 19 | Ms Neill told The Art Newspaper that in addition to the money , Mrs Heinz has just given Yale sixteen American nineteenth-century paintings by some of the period 's most renowned and valued artists . |
| 20 | The ferrymaster was absent across the Forth so Corbett told his escort to rest ; they opened their provisions , ate and drank and then lay on the sand-strewn grass , enjoying the warm noon sun and listening to the birds overhead and the constant chatter of the bees and crickets . |
| 21 | Corbett told his companions to wait while he searched for the purveyor , Alexander . |
| 22 | A simple room with stark white plaster , but at least they were provided with rosewater , a set of clean napkins , and a jug of wine which Corbett told Ranulf not to touch . |
| 23 | Corbett told them all to shut up . |
| 24 | Corbett told polic that he never lost his temper with the child and never smacked her . |
| 25 | Italian pop star Loredana Berte told a judge she needs the massive handouts to keep her in the luxurious style she enjoyed when they were together . |
| 26 | He was a man capable of great charm , but she would have to be careful that she did n't get taken in by it , Hari told herself sternly . |
| 27 | ‘ Nobody is going to kidnap me up here , ’ Richard told him , jumping off a boulder for joy . |
| 28 | ‘ I should ask Black Will , ’ Richard told him . |
| 29 | When the two-week holiday finished , Richard told her he was going to Dijon in the centre of France . |
| 30 | Richard told me that his interpretation of Prince Hal caused some trouble with the director who was himself playing Falstaff and consequently wanted no serious note to disturb the comedy of the tavern scenes . |