Example sentences of "he tell [pers pn] that the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In April he told him that the next war had already started .
2 He told them that the educational psychologist was very good and really knew the children .
3 Eddy himself lives in Oxford , and this morning he told me that the final piece of his Formula One jigsaw fell into place recently with a major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers , Seven Up .
4 He told me that the sacred water was bottled and sold to Irishmen all over the world for its healing powers .
5 He told me that the first three days were an agony , thirst being the greatest torture , then slowly the body reversed its patterns and you got used to it .
6 For instance , we were talking about the cinema , and he told me that the average Hollywood film reaches a larger public than the Holy Scriptures .
7 He told me that the central finger always goes first , followed by the ring finger and then , if you 're lucky , the index .
8 in London B T H or G E C , I remember he told us that the last time you know because he was n't called up in the war he was reserved .
9 When my right hon. Friend sees the new Irish Prime Minister soon will he tell him that the biggest contribution the Irish Republic can make to peace , stability and reconciliation in Northern Ireland is to renounce its claim to sovereignty over Northern Ireland , as that claim encourages Irish Republican terrorism and gives it legitimacy , as well as being the strongest stumbling block in the way of all-party talks aimed at constitutional progress ?
10 He tells me that the National Front 's ‘ a load of rubbish ’ , that politicians are ‘ a waste of time ’ and that when he sees his nan , … ‘ she 's always on about me getting a job .
11 He tells us that the Foreign Secretary occupied a first-floor room overlooking the park , as did his private secretary and the Précis Writer .
12 Second he tells us that the classical paradises , which you can read about it in ancient authors , none of them are as fine as the Garden of Eden .
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