Example sentences of "[noun] tells me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skipper Kim Barnett tells me : ‘ There was a time when the opposition used to like me out of the way quickly because I had a reputation for getting after the bowling . |
| 2 | ‘ David tells me that you have been very ill , ’ said Mrs Wallington . |
| 3 | Instead she said , ‘ David tells me you are also working in industry . |
| 4 | ( 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 ) . |
| 5 | TELEVISION presenter Jayne Irving tells me she has become a forces ' pin-up in Bosnia . |
| 6 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | Two hours earlier , a caravan of a dozen cars had pulled up , Father Palacios tells me . |
| 8 | ‘ Not what Edward tells me . |
| 9 | I put it off indefinitely because of your accident , but now Edward tells me he is going to America on business for ten days , and I 'd like to have it before he goes next Monday . |
| 10 | ‘ Rex tells me you used to work for Alan Dysart . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then mummy tells me I ca n't go out and I 'll wheel the bike back into the garage . ’ |
| 12 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
| 13 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
| 14 | Sometimes I wonder if I sleep too much , but my friend Cully Chatterton tells me that the need for sleep varies considerably from person to person and one must follow one 's inclination . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not gung-ho enough , ’ Andy tells me , refilling my whisky glass . |
| 16 | ‘ He will have the same pay and arrangements as previous presenters , ’ Radio 5 spokeswoman Judy Leighton tells me . |
| 17 | But I ca n't believe that girl oh Scott tells me everything ! |
| 18 | ‘ Nick Serota and I are lobbying to get a curator for the collection , ’ Mr Wheatley tells me . |
| 19 | At the Criterion in Piccadilly Circus , US restaurateur Bob Payton tells me : ‘ We have camera crews from ABC , CBS and NBC coming . |
| 20 | The strings feel very bendable and a low , choke-free action tells me that all is well with the neck . |
| 21 | ‘ Ellen tells me she 's sailing away with you ? ’ |
| 22 | When we reach the pit straight again , exceeding 130 mph , Brundle tells me to listen out for the tone of screaming on the front left tyre . |
| 23 | ‘ Some of her college friends will be joining the party , ’ a fellow undergraduate tells me . |
| 24 | Fairfax tells me that he is a suitor , eager to lay claim to a girl who is now only eleven . |
| 25 | Miss Anthony 's London agent tells me : ‘ Lysette is filming The Hour of The Pig , in France , at the moment and it is true she is discussing some forthcoming projects , but I can not tell you what they are . ’ |
| 26 | The Agent tells me apologetically about the superstitious fears of these simple people . |
| 27 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 28 | A hypothetical imperative tells me that , as a rational being , I must do such and such if I desire to obtain a certain upshot , because it is the essential means to that upshot , and he who wills the end must will the means . |
| 29 | " The Koran tells me never to drink a drop of wine . " |
| 30 | ‘ You can imagine what a spell in the Army would have meant for someone who values his fingers as a pianist , so when I came back home I got in touch with some people and now he has been booked for a number of festivals , ’ Alan tells me . |