Example sentences of "[verb] tell [pers pn] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he didnae tell me that he , he has telled me in a way . |
| 2 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 3 | Waiting to tell us about a victory for Bicester over Milton in the Hellenic League premier cup ; Bicester two , they 're going so well at the moment , Milton nil ; Charlie Rawling . |
| 4 | Before I answer your questions this time , I would like to tell you of a couple of points that have arisen recently about machine maintenance . |
| 5 | He must have told you about a Darkfall back there . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , she did tell me in a way . |
| 7 | ‘ Feeling ill , poor darling , ’ Ian had told him with a hint of malice underlying his display of concern . |
| 8 | The men were emissaries of Paul Reichmann and were there to question Klein about the story he had told me on a number of occasions . |
| 9 | She alleged that the doctor had told her at a seminar that she desired Lozano . |
| 10 | Daryl remembered something your mother had told her in a letter a week or two before , she said that she 'd met Sally Hopes mother and had liked her and she said to that she 'd seen Mrs Hopes baby . |
| 11 | Werner Meyer had told us of a pool about five miles from the Rante , known only to the Toraja , where " sacred eels " were occasionally " called forth " by the Tominahs to accept blessed offerings of rice . |
| 12 | Yeah , somebody had told us about a place to go to , asking the bloody earth they were ! |
| 13 | One former Edinburgh male compositor who worked at Constable 's told me in a letter that " we as apprentices … used to help the ladies by lifting the formes of type on to the stones , so as they could do corrections , and lift them down " It could in fact have perfectly well been done by a strong woman or by two women cooperating , and in any case took very little time . |
| 14 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I want you to put what you have told me into a statement . |
| 15 | She sent Gwenellen to sit with him , because she wanted to tell me about a telephone call from General Francis . |