Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] that [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They kept me in hospital for a week , even though after the first day they were able to tell me that my violent indigestion following my curry debauch had not dislodged — or even seriously inconvenienced my small passenger . |
| 2 | My dearest love , I chatter about all sorts of odd news , when I really only want to tell you that my real self is in your keeping . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a friend 's house , really , ’ said Sam , rather wishing to tell him that her own house was even nicer . |
| 4 | His first cigarette of the day he smoked while he waited , extinguishing it two minutes before she was shown in and he had to tell her that her cervical smear had shown pre-cancerous signs . |
| 5 | Someone came to tell her that her twelve-year-old son Paul had been knocked down by a car on the way home from a friend 's house and taken to the local hospital . |