Example sentences of "[noun sg] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 2 | Mummy told him off for saying it when I was there . |
| 3 | A sudden drop in the wind told her the worst was over . |
| 4 | At this meeting the ministers asserted that their form of Church government was established by divine ordinance ; Taylor in reply told them that Presbyterians , along with Jesuits , ‘ were the greatest enemies to monarchy and most disobedient to Kings ’ , as shown by the actions of the Assembly of Scotland , and of Calvin , Knox and Buchanan . |
| 5 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
| 6 | She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue and his sudden tension told her she was right . |
| 7 | The DoT told us : We have received a copy of the CPRE report and are studying it . |
| 8 | ‘ The vice-minister of the atomic energy industry told me a nuclear plant was being built to cope with the power shortage , ’ said the defector . |
| 9 | Several Veterans ' of the Winter of discontent' told me that it was mainly the younger students who got together with their teachers to protest . |
| 10 | The card told me the rest . |
| 11 | One of the problems that the college told me about is that school children are leaving school with more computer literacy than the university teachers , so university teachers are having to run hard simply to keep up with the people they are teaching . |
| 12 | The hotelier told them , ‘ I 'm afraid I only have four beds and there are already four kings in them , however , if you do n't mind you can get in the same bed . ’ |
| 13 | The doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department told them that Sally had been very lucky ; sniffing aerosols can kill at the first attempt , and some people 's hearts are affected . |
| 14 | A year ago , Norfolk Library 's local history department told me they had nothing about Edis — perhaps the most important woman photographer in East Anglia . |
| 15 | The Department told us it would have to be done ‘ objectively ’ by the careers service ; the careers service tell us that a ) they do n't know what is required of them and b ) they have n't got the manpower to do it anyway . |
| 16 | Her logical mind told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her physically , and yet scarcely a day passed when she did not feel unwell or suffer some unidentified pain . |
| 17 | The room was in a state of some disorder , but as yet , the little cool area at the back of Alice 's mind told her , no permanent damage had been done . |
| 18 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |
| 19 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 20 | The respect that was growing so unstoppably in her heart and mind told her he not only meant what he said but had proven beyond doubt that he was capable of it . |
| 21 | The promptings of my mind told me to get out of computing and go to live in Shropshire on a small dairy farm making highly profitable specialist products such as goat 's milk yoghurt , sheep 's cheese and traditional butter . |
| 22 | My mind told me she could n't . |
| 23 | Another Land Rover main agent told me I need part number GTR III — it has a short stem and a white top . |
| 24 | In 1966 , soon after the book appeared , my agent told me that someone wanted to make a film out of it . |
| 25 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ That 's what the agent told me when I was recruited . |
| 27 | Rosen said an Australian intelligence agent told him that the word is now out in South-East Asia that money can be made selling to investigators and journalists phoney samples of ‘ contaminated ’ articles . |
| 28 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 29 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 30 | His sweeping yet detailed glance told her he was thoroughly accustomed to the sight of a well-dressed woman , and she knew that in spite of his compliment he would recognise this dress as the countrified imitation of city fashions that it was . |