Example sentences of "[coord] tell [pers pn] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Nigel was there she gave them blankets and told them to use the sofa . |
| 2 | Once inside her room she 'd called reception and told them to get the police . |
| 3 | ‘ I got on the radio to my controller and told him to call the police quick . ’ |
| 4 | This was taken direct to Queen Yolande who had summoned Alexander and told him to take the King 's favourite horse , a white mare stabled at Kinghorn , down to the ferry . |
| 5 | Mr Forbes said Ballantine told him the boy was dead and told him to phone the police . |
| 6 | Nigger pulled out a wad of notes large enough to choke a horse , gave Knocker a pound note , and told him to keep the change . |
| 7 | If Mr Moynihan is keen to hang on to his job he should get on to FIFA now and tell them to make the booking . |
| 8 | Phone Sharon and tell her to get the phone number . |
| 9 | Mummy would have Mrs Thing bring in a trolley with cakes and sandwiches and tell her to play the piano for the Guests . |
| 10 | Signor Diomede said to give you his compliments and tell you to take the morning off . |
| 11 | McDunn gets on the phone to somebody from Tayside police and tells them to contact the Goulds and stop the funeral . |
| 12 | Who delivered the message at Kinghorn gate , a letter to the Queen saying the King could be arriving that evening and telling her to instruct the purveyor to have horses at Inverkeithing , particularly his favourite , the white Tamesin ? |
| 13 | Only days before the verdict was announced the Rev. Al Sharpton , a black Baptist minister , warned the white community that unless both Fama and Mondello were convicted of murder " you are lighting a match to the end of a powder keg and telling us to burn the town down " . |