Example sentences of "[noun] he tell [pers pn] " 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 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
4 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 ’ .
5 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 .
6 Macari threw the corroding garment down in full view of the club 's directors he told them it reflected the state of their club .
7 The old man asked about her job ; in exchange he told her a little about himself .
8 Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was .
9 I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much .
10 When I went to the linesman he told me to clear off .
11 Though he does not actually tell us much about Eddie he tells us that Eddie could be involved in something bloody .
12 At his first diocesan conference he told them his idea of a bishop 's job .
13 When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen .
14 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 .
15 ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him .
16 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 .
17 At that first meeting he told me something about himself .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 . ’
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 ‘ Freeze ’ is a slab of sensual lugubriousness while ‘ Things He Told Her ’ captures some of the pop spirit of old .
25 the things he tells her .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 When I phoned Kagan he told me that he had instructed his trustees in Israel to make the payment , but by some terrible misunderstanding they had paid it into the wrong charity . ’
29 To rapturous applause he told them : ‘ For the next two-and-a-half hours I am going to work your asses like you 've never been worked before .
30 Lou he told me .
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