Example sentences of "he tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until almost his last breath that he told her of the board beneath his bed and what was under it , assuring her he had saved it for her . |
| 2 | He had not seen the kings but he told her of the baby who was born to be King in a nearby village called Bethlehem . |
| 3 | He told her of the visit to the farm , reminded her of the discovery of the swan and the bird 's skull ( though he knew this was taking a chance after her first , alarming reaction to the news ) , and mentioned again the note and the feather in his room . |
| 4 | He told her of the coming to Ireland of her Norman ancestors , the de la Houssaies , and of their rise to power in Corcaguiney . |
| 5 | He told her about the woman with the flute . |
| 6 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 7 | He told him of the goal that has held him through three years in the University of the North — a campus from which student riots have spread through the country . |
| 8 | He told them of the product launches during the year , Cruzcampo 's success at the Expo event in Spain , and the development of the new staff restaurant to replace the old canteen . |
| 9 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 10 | He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver . |
| 11 | He told them about the Thing , and space , and the Ship in the sky . |
| 12 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , he told me about the necessity of recasting . |
| 14 | I suppose I should be grateful he told me about the call at all , but he had to really , did n't he ? |
| 15 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He told me about the importance of eating and drinking on the course to maintain my energy level and to keep on the same emotional level throughout a round . ’ |
| 17 | He told me about the cross . |
| 18 | Because he he told me about the chap who was his agent . |
| 19 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |
| 20 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 21 | He told me on the phone that Dawn will be leaving in a fortnight 's time and they have n't found a veterinary nurse to take her place . |
| 22 | You know what he told me on the way home ? |
| 23 | So he told me in the diner to which we resorted for coffee and blueberry pie . |
| 24 | like that , and he said it was ever so funny , he took fifty up there because , I bet he told you about the money betting and all that and he 's said he bet fifty pound , he thought christ he said , I was bloody lucky he said I , I had the , I said well David . |
| 25 | He told us about the chaos that was caused by socialist policies and referred especially to public works departmens . |
| 26 | The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape . |
| 27 | Well he 's alright like , but er phoned us yesterday , I wrote it down what he told us in the book , in there , cos it 's confidential between him and the Co-op , but |
| 28 | did he tell him about the hole in the wing then ? |
| 29 | Will he tell us about the relationship between his Department and Scottish Enterprise because , in the defence industry , we need a skills audit , which he could finance ? |
| 30 | He tells her about the pencil-case and the four-colour propelling pencil . |