Example sentences of "[adv] tell he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 2 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |
| 3 | But she could scarcely tell him that . |
| 4 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 5 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 6 | I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take . |
| 7 | Not telling him that . |
| 8 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 9 | Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . |
| 10 | I always tell him that . |
| 11 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 12 | Not riveting stuff , but at least understandable to you know , the man on the Clapham omnibus , and it probably tells him enough to say to his , his child , you know , for heaven 's sake take that Sony Walkman off . |
| 13 | Then Kraal remembered that when Creggan had asked him about where he came from all he had said was ‘ the South ’ and not really told him any more . |
| 14 | But Minch had often told him that faith in Callanish waxed and waned through time as the wind itself changes through the day , and that eagles often forgot it , and wanted to forget . |
| 15 | Even told him one day , ‘ Let's go travelling , escape from our lush paradise |
| 16 | ‘ In fact he was very put out because Martinez simply told him one day at the end of last year that the agency had a new client but he , Martinez , was going to handle him personally and Ed Grainger did n't need to bother about him . |
| 17 | Would you please tell him that ? |
| 18 | Do n't tell him blue eyes |
| 19 | Yeah well my husband 's talking about getting one of those because I mean after I did n't tell him all the details |
| 20 | I do n't want to see Mr Jackson tomorrow , but I did n't tell him that . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , but do n't tell him that — not for the moment , anyway . ’ |
| 22 | I refused because I was afraid for the baby , though I did n't tell him that . |
| 23 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
| 25 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |
| 26 | I did n't tell him that , though . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't tell him any more . |
| 28 | You ca n't tell him any different , er like Dan at work he does videos of profession like you know . |
| 29 | I know you would n't tell him deliberate . |
| 30 | I ai n't telling him that . |