Example sentences of "tell [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the writer Constantine FitzGibbon some years later that he disliked the idea of poets " cashing in " on other people 's misery ; his scepticism about his own motives as well as those of others , and his general belief that one should not comment on any situation until one understood it thoroughly , made him refrain from making the kind of easy judgment or fashionable " stand " in which others indulged . |
| 2 | But the bees not only knew the voice of their owner but also his particular smell : one bee-keeper told the writer : ‘ Whenever I go to the barber 's I 've always to tell him : ‘ Nothing on , thank you . ’ |
| 3 | She told the Panel that the original allegations could not be taken at face value , and that children should n't be taken into care on the unchecked allegations of other children . |
| 4 | A leaflet near the front door told the history of Kenny 's , opened in a former ‘ crubeen shop ’ by Desmond and Maureen Kenny . |
| 5 | He told the Committee that Only Singapore had persevered with a road pricing scheme , and while Hong Kong had withdrawn its . |
| 6 | But Mr Karsten told the committee chairman , Professor Michael Furmston : ‘ In one striking case there is a passage which in mathematical terms is complete gobbledegook . |
| 7 | Mr Yenici told the committee in London he had believed he would be in the private hospital at least a month , but was ‘ in and out within a week ’ . |
| 8 | The new grants ( with current grant in brackets ) will be : halls or lodgings in London : £2,780 ( £2,585 ) ; elsewhere : £2,200 ; ( £2,090 ) ; parental home : £1,660 ( £1,575 ) Mr Mike Watson , MP for Glasgow Central , told the committee examining the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill , that Scottish students would suffer financial hardship because most Scottish degree courses were four years instead of the usual three in England and Wales . |
| 9 | Stanley also told the Committee that Scott was about to rebuild the Foreign Office and he would suggest ‘ that as unity of design is essential , Mr. Scott should be appointed to undertake the work ’ . |
| 10 | Lord Rawdon told the Committee of the whole House of Lords , which read his bill clause by clause in May , that he thought a debtor should be able to swear to the real cause of his debt and , if there was no question of fraud or any intention to abscond , he should not be held in custody for more than eight days and be discharged on filing common bail . |
| 11 | Dr John Scanlon , from Somerset , told the Committee On Safety Of Medicines that people should use the dust covers supplied . |
| 12 | Acheson told the committee that aid would be required for Korea , probably for the next three years . |
| 13 | Several questions were put by the Deputation and answered , and then the Mayor told the Committee that the Corporation was " very sensible of the liberality of the offer made by the Goldsmiths ' Company " . |
| 14 | On 11 July Sukarno told the Committee : ‘ At no time … have I declared that my struggle was confined to the claim to the former Dutch held territory . |
| 15 | Well I told the committee and they were delighted and so was I . |
| 16 | First , the Secretary of State told the Committee and the House that the new form of community care , which will be run by local authorities , would have the extraordinary advantage that people in the locality who knew the scene would make the decisions . |
| 17 | I told the committee that when the colleges were firmly established under a central funding mechanism , I saw no reason why a funding council should not be considered . |
| 18 | Baker also told the committee that he was satisfied that the PLO was adhering to its 1988 commitment to renounce terrorism , a statement which infuriated Shamir and his supporters . |
| 19 | Cheshire county councillor Bert Grange told the committee : ‘ The second runway would be environmentally devastating to Tatton Park . |
| 20 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 21 | Mr Taylor says it would release six constables for other duties and told the committee : ‘ We do know that some forces have undergone civilianisation of these posts . |
| 22 | Mr Taylor told the committee yesterday that an analysis of the force 's requirements based on the increasing workload showed a further 184 officers were needed at all levels ; but he was submitting a reasonable request . |
| 23 | ‘ We want to start , we have people very interested in the site , ’ he told the committee . |
| 24 | He told the committee : ‘ It is not a very good time for extending the scope of legal aid . |
| 25 | Since the event was well publicised and sponsorships clearly identified , there was nothing secret to be brought out in the open , he told the committee . |
| 26 | Lord James told the committee an extension of hours had been under consideration since the 1970s . |
| 27 | Scottish Office officials told the committee that the hospitals in Stornoway , Fort William , Wick and Kirkwall all had special exemptions to use pre-registration doctors with the agreement of the medical profession , but at three , their use was to end . |
| 28 | Mr Freeman last week told the committee of MPs considering the Railways Bill that they will not ask private operators to guarantee off-peak services in areas such as Strathclyde covered by passenger transport executives . |
| 29 | He told the committee : ‘ The number of trains run in the off-peak must depend in the last instance on the views of the operator . ’ |
| 30 | With one monolithic scheme of working for benefits , there would be a problem of job displacement , she told the committee . |