Example sentences of "tell [pron] [noun] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , ’ Corbett continued , clasping his sword belt around his waist , ‘ one thing I do remember is that the preacher was really a gentle man ; he told my mother that Holy Mother Church merely wished to frighten its children except — ’ Corbett narrowed his eyes and looked through the doorway ‘ — for murderers , those who slay , especially the sons of Cain who plot with ice-cold malice the destruction of someone they hate . ’ |
| 2 | National Westminster told its staff that 1,900 branch posts would go , while up to 600 jobs will be lost in Barclays ' trust company . |
| 3 | But the coroner told their parents that correct fitting still would n't have saved their lives . |
| 4 | If they 'd been wise and told their government that this tax should not happen , as indeed many of their former ministers , like Michael Heseltine said , they 'd said it was incredibly complicated although seemed sounding easy , and would in fact bring higher levels of taxation to the lowest income people , then er if the local tories had actually acted on that and put pressure on their central party , perhaps their government would n't be in such a mess about this issue now . |
| 5 | Founded in 1937 by Erica Fiah , African trader and leader of the African Welfare and Commercial Association , the paper was initially a platform for that Association , and Fiah told his readers that effective improvement for Africans required them to have political power as well as economic and educational advancement . |
| 6 | What Daugherty had liked most about New York Nights was the performance of the ex-Broadway actor John Wray as the gangster Joe Pivaldi and he told his readers that this characterization would stay with them for months . |
| 7 | He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these . |