Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pers pn] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them I had some wine and we all came back . |
| 2 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 3 | ‘ You told me you had another date — what was the point in my hanging around ? ’ |
| 4 | ( She seemed to me to be about eighteen years old , although as we walked along she told me she had five children , all happily married . ) |
| 5 | She says that the bailiffs came very early and told everyone they had 10 minutes to get out . |
| 6 | Remember I told you he had that job checking street-lamps ? |
| 7 | He picked her up in his car after Mrs Dean told him she had some news from his ex-wife Debbie , Geoffrey Dean 's sister and a former beauty queen . |
| 8 | I told him I had twenty-two men with me , armed with fourteen rifles , as well as my own three rifles and shotgun . |
| 9 | She did n't catch what he said — his words too soft and indistinct — but his half-grin told her it had smutty connotations . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’ |
| 11 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 12 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 13 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
| 14 | Apparently no specific policy but managers told us they had some problems in the past with dogs messing in the store . |
| 15 | He took one look at him , ran a battery of tests and told us he had cystic fibrosis . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She did tell me she has sensitive eyes . |
| 17 | Other car makers will tell you they have similar projects on the drawing board , just waiting for management approval . |
| 18 | The procedure was that Private Boyd handed us each a belt complete with pistol holster and ammo pouches and then Sergeant Waters launched each of us through the door with a pat on the shoulder , telling us we had one minute 's start . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to tell you we have bad news . ’ |
| 20 | They 're , they 're , they 're six to tell you you have six quavers in a bar . |
| 21 | The old wooden case-clock at the foot of the stairs where Ellie was standing chimed the hour , as if to tell her she had two hours to herself before the ‘ broth ’ returned , and three and a quarter hours before her father did likewise . |