Example sentences of "[noun] he tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My guess is they came for some of Connie Fraser 's clothes , found the place upside down and me on the floor , then when they reported to Bonanza he told 'em to forget about the clothes . ’
2 What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving .
3 On 8 December he told his ministers that he had blundered by treating the election as a referendum and would not make the same mistake again .
4 George , not unlike his subject , has spent about half his life in Ireland west , north and south he tells me I said why not Dublin and he says that 's what I meant
5 For example , in his verbal sparring which he has with Bajazeth before their battle he tells him that ‘ every common soldier of my army shall smile to see thy miserable state ’ .
6 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 .
7 Macari threw the corroding garment down in full view of the club 's directors he told them it reflected the state of their club .
8 The old man asked about her job ; in exchange he told her a little about himself .
9 Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was .
10 I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much .
11 When I went to the linesman he told me to clear off .
12 Though he does not actually tell us much about Eddie he tells us that Eddie could be involved in something bloody .
13 At his first diocesan conference he told them his idea of a bishop 's job .
14 When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen .
15 But er he , he ca n't wait to get back , well he says he 's now ten days to ten days he told me .
16 ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him .
17 When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow .
18 At that first meeting he told me something about himself .
19 When Charman first joined the band he told them that him ambition was to be as big as Marc Riley and The Creepers one day .
20 One person commented that when the local MP came to talk to his disability group he told them how good it was that they ‘ got on their own feet and did things ’ — which did n't go down too well with the wheelchair users .
21 Which is where everything starts to fuck up , because the moment we turn our attention to Herr Mayer he tells us that the money he used to pay the Iranians was put up by the son of a well-known local citizen . ’
22 And you do n't often see the every picture he tells something , something nice about it .
23 He had been just too young for the Korean War , and one day he told me that it was one of the experiences he regretted having missed .
24 That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him .
25 In a burst of confidence one day he told me that he was working out a new system of numerology , developed from a study of people whose lives have been well documented .
26 ‘ Freeze ’ is a slab of sensual lugubriousness while ‘ Things He Told Her ’ captures some of the pop spirit of old .
27 the things he tells her .
28 With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week .
29 The stories he told himself were , in fact , almost wordless ; simply a procession of scenes and incidents through which he moved , not as an active participant but rather as a curious watcher in an alien element .
30 In the stories he told her were roads and trees and houses and mountains and monsters and rivers and magicians ; but at the centre of the story there was always Henry .
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