Example sentences of "his [noun] tell [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed .
2 Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date .
3 It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime .
4 When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen .
5 His instinct told him the Englishman 's disappearance was the best chance .
6 Local gallery owner John Rux-Burton , 33 , claims his grandfather told him the secret of Shingle Street before his death in 1974 .
7 Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter .
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