Example sentences of "[noun sg] tell him [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
2 | The African told him of the anger in the hearts of his generation . |
3 | The old man listened as the general told him about the incident at Pulkovo Airport . |
4 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
5 | Byrkin had twice found out Holly to tell him of the sailing of the frigate Storozhevoy from the naval harbour at Riga . |
6 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
7 | Lucker tells him about the band commitment . |
8 | He learned the truth about the cuttings , closing his eyes when he thought of her sitting in the attic , her long day done , painstakingly writing for O'Connor the articles whose brilliance and feeling told him of the intellect which lay behind her beautiful face and emphasised again what he had thrown away . |
9 | Had Dane told him about the weekend in Glenshee ? |
10 | Unprompted , a farm labourer told him of the tradition of an old track precisely on the line where he had surmised the ley to be . |
11 | When he was fifteen his mother told him about the hanging . |
12 | ‘ His mother told him on the morning of the killing that Joanne had phoned Dean the night before . |