Example sentences of "he tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E told me they was askin' after somebody 'e used ter know . |
| 2 | Like I said , 'e told me an' Tony McCarthy that there 's no end o' silk on the ground floor an' upstairs there 's cases o' real ivory ornaments . |
| 3 | ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained . |
| 4 | 'E told me 'e might be late an' not ter wait up , ’ Sadie went on . |
| 5 | Anyway , I asked 'im what 'e done in the war an' 'e told me it was no concern o' mine . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 7 | This copper said the Tunnel Mob 's bin done fer a ware'ouse job in Wappin'. 'E told me they was still lookin' fer two more blokes who was involved but they do n't know who they was . ’ |
| 8 | Dad 'eard 'er an' 'e told 'er that while 'e 'ad two 'ands she was not to borrow money off 'er . |
| 9 | Now yer know what a cowson that Frank is. 'E told 'er ter piss orf out of it in no uncertain terms an' Maudie told 'im she was gon na send 'er ole man round ter sort 'im out . |
| 10 | What 's more , 'e told 'er if she did n't stop 'er silly carryin 's on , 'e was gon na leave 'er . ’ |
| 11 | It broke 'er 'eart when 'e told 'er 'e was orf ter India . ’ |
| 12 | 'E told us on Sunday at the sermon . |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't 'e tell ye he was off ? . ’ |
| 14 | Did 'e tell yer about 'is boxin ? ’ |
| 15 | I recall listening to him tell it to visitors when I was a child , and then later , when I was starting out as a footman under his supervision . |
| 16 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 17 | When the Kurd talks to his mother in Teheran from the telephone in the common room , he can hear bullets being shot just outside her front door , and we hear him tell her to take the phone away from the window . |
| 18 | Nothing on earth would have made him tell her so . |
| 19 | Let him tell her if he liked . |
| 20 | Giving Adam the chocolate bar , letting him tell her those rather dull facts about the sea defences , it had been so easy to forget what was going on — to feel he was just her little brother and everything was ordinary , normal . |
| 21 | But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ? |
| 22 | She flopped back , exaggerating her disappointment , then let him tell her how Marshall had discovered identical knives on sale in Leather Lane . |
| 23 | ‘ Then , let him tell me he still wants to forget his child and return to the priesthood . ’ |
| 24 | Do n't let him tell him does he ? |
| 25 | How many times had she heard him tell someone that ? |
| 26 | ‘ Better let him tell you about it , ’ Robins advised . |
| 27 | why I made him tell you . |
| 28 | We cut out a Fife man and made him tell us the plan for the men they dropped on the Forth . |
| 29 | The po-faced and the pious may not find that funny , but to hear him tell it and keep a straight face is a considerable feat . |
| 30 | To hear him tell it you 'd think they 'd had a date and she 'd turned up late ! |