Example sentences of "tell the [adj] court " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bond told the Federal Court late last year that his assets were worth less than £25,000 , although he had been receiving about £3,000 a month salary from a firm , Metals Exploration Ltd . |
| 2 | LORD ALDINGTON told the High Court yesterday he was not surprised that tens of thousands of Yugoslavs , many of whom had fought on the German side , feared repatriation at the end of the war . |
| 3 | But when her husband Timothy Donovan was confronted with the evidence it ‘ completely finished the marriage ’ , she told the High Court yesterday . |
| 4 | His father Allan told the High Court : ‘ Whatever differences we have had as a family we are all of a mind that we would like what is best for Tony . |
| 5 | The paper 's QC , George Carman , told the High Court jury that by taking his family on a free Spanish holiday with Mrs Bauwens during the Gulf crisis , Mr Mellor had made a serious error of judgment . |
| 6 | Andrew O'Shea ( 31 ) , who was stationed at Donnybrook , told the High Court in Dublin that in April , 1992 , he was told by a detective inspector that a prostitute had made an allegation of robbery and assault against him . |
| 7 | Isaac Ojok , a Minister of Education under the Obote regime , was sentenced to death on Dec. 18 , having been found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government of President Yoweri Museveni ; Ojok , who was arrested in 1987 , told the High Court that he joined the Holy Spirit guerrillas after being " stupefied by herbs " given to him by their leader Alice Lakwena [ for whom see p. 35493 ] . |
| 8 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief , Alan Sugar , who told the High Court about soccer 's behind-the-scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment in cash . |
| 9 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief Alan Sugar who told the High Court about soccer 's behind the scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment . |
| 10 | Dr Myerscough told the High Court at Teesside he considered not enough care had been given to Mrs Busuttil when she was first admitted to the maternity hospital three weeks before her delivery date because her general practitioner had detected irregularities in the baby 's heartbeat . |
| 11 | The advocate-depute , Paul Cullen , told the High Court in Edinburgh that McKie had asked the girl to go outside , saying he wanted to talk to her away from the loud music . |
| 12 | A MAN told the High Court sitting in Glasgow yesterday of an ordeal at an Argyll quarry during which he had been repeatedly beaten , burnt with a cigarette , had a car driven over his legs and almost hanged . |
| 13 | The advocate-depute , Roderick Macdonald , QC , told the High Court in Edinburgh that Forman , wearing a crash helmet and scarf , had been chased from the scene by another bank worker , Robin Young , and a motorist , Christopher Smith , but escaped . |
| 14 | Det Constable Robert Kerr , 46 , told the High Court sitting at Perth that he had questioned David Hepburn twice soon after detaining him . |
| 15 | Roderick Macdonald , QC , prosecuting , told the High Court the victim had tried to drive between two parked cars . |
| 16 | THREE little sisters had been raped , a child sex abuse specialist told the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 17 | Robert Anthony , for Sim , 33 , of Portobello Road , London , told the High Court in Edinburgh the accused 's cousin had borrowed £5,000 from moneylenders in London but disappeared when he was unable to repay it . |
| 18 | The girl , who will be seven next month , told the High Court in Glasgow that her grandfather had been wearing a red nose and had been dressed like a clown at the time . |
| 19 | Lord Mackay 's decision to introduce standard fees instead of the hourly rates for legal aid work went against the principle that a solicitor would receive ‘ fair remuneration ’ for an individual case , Michael Beloff QC , for the society , told the High Court in London . |
| 20 | A LORRY driver told the High Court in Inverness yesterday of the night he had been masked , bound and abducted by two men who had threatened to shoot him after his load of spirits , tobacco and foodstuffs had been stolen from Inverness . |
| 21 | The defence counsel , William Totten , told the High Court in Edinburgh that Storrie had been under the influence of drink and drugs at the time of the offences . |
| 22 | Although Faulkner wanted a guarantee that the agreement was constitutionally sound , he was told the Supreme Court would decide . |