Example sentences of "be tell him " in BNC.

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1 So you 're tell him off !
2 And if you 're putting him right over clubs , you 'd better be 101 percent right if you 're telling him that what he 's got in mind is the wrong thing .
3 If you , if you 're telling him not to look at it , they say look the other way it 's nothing to do with you .
4 I 'm telling him all about it now , Emma said she does n't need it
5 Michael O'Neil knows what the score is now better than any of us here , and if I know Michael , he 'll be arguing with St Peter at the gate and be telling him in his best Superintendent manner that celestial security is not what it was - if they let people like him in ! ’
6 People should n't be telling him what to do .
7 She instantly knew this was no time to be telling him what her trip to Bloomingdales had cost her in peace of mind .
8 Surely the Conservative Government have already set out proposals for such a programme : they should be telling him where the money would come from .
9 If anything , he 'll need calming down — and the best way Taylor could achieve that would be to tell him , whatever happens against Turkey tonight , that he 'll be in the team for the next five games at least .
10 It was n't just Doyle and the Woman , after all , who were telling him that he was wrong .
11 Becoming editor had been the greatest day of his life , and now these people were telling him that his paper was apolitical and had a lack of analysis and editorialization .
12 What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world .
13 And yet , ’ scornfully , ‘ you were telling him you loved him .
14 ‘ My darling ! ’ he whispered hoarsely , and , as if trying to believe what her eyes were telling him , his arm tightened about her and , ‘ Are those tears , the ones you 're only just managing to hold back , tears of joy ? ’ he asked tensely .
15 So I says , I , I were telling him though , I 'm going ten o'clock my car needs done !
16 Was what you were telling him this morning , was it ?
17 They were telling him he 'd had enough drink and stop
18 They were to tell him that I loved him …
19 But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly .
20 My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation .
21 Oh it were to tell him that dinner were ready and there 's this cheeky little mouse sat on top dinner , and he ai n't half eaten it
22 In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months .
23 A member of the group mentioned that an uncle of his , a retired coal miner , had been telling him about Highlander , and it was suggested that Highlander might be willing to help in some way .
24 He commented on how much nicer towards him the family seemed to be , including Michael , who had been telling him about his own problems at work .
25 I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack .
26 The country was beckoning again , and his friend van Rappard had been telling him about Drenthe , a remote moorland region in the north of Holland which was starting to attract artists .
27 If only he had listened to what his friend Dave Forbes had been telling him
28 People had been telling him he had the wrong attitude since he was potty trained .
29 I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story .
30 As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted .
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