Example sentences of "have [adv] tell [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 2 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 3 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 4 | Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations . |
| 5 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 6 | A hush of skirts had already told her the girls were coming down from upstairs . |
| 7 | She had n't taken part in the questioning but the others , Mair knew , would assume that that was because he had already told her the answers . |
| 8 | ‘ I know you 've always told us the truth — but what are you talking about ? ’ asked Rose . |
| 9 | Rosemary had once told her the amount she was paying in rent . |
| 10 | In all her time with him she had never told him the details of what she had seen , that day one summer . |