Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] tell [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’
2	So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy .
3	If Somerset should opt once more for a batsman , my instinct tells me the favourite would be Richie Richardson .
4	Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition .
5	Upset and infuriated by such cavalier treatment , made miserable and guilty by her failure to tell him the truth , she gritted her teeth and stayed still and mute , trying not to blink as the angry tears welled up .
6	His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer .
7	I do n't think it was her mother to tell you the truth .
8	Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed .
9	Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date .
10	It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime .
11	When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen .
12	His instinct told him the Englishman 's disappearance was the best chance .
13	Local gallery owner John Rux-Burton , 33 , claims his grandfather told him the secret of Shingle Street before his death in 1974 .
14	Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter .

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