Example sentences of "[be] tell him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 2 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 3 | You know , he thought I 'd been telling him a lie . |
| 4 | As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted . |
| 5 | A few minutes later , as he turned right into the Banbury Road , now beginning to think once more with some semblance of rationality , Morse considered whether his witness had been telling him the whole truth . |
| 6 | I told him I knew Marc was going to listen to him , would help him , that all he had to do was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 8 | Because Zeno was edgy , Carla was telling him a story . |
| 9 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 10 | Ace might not love her , and he was furious at having his hand forced by William Ash , but there was something she could maybe start to build on , and that was telling him the truth about her birth . |
| 11 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
| 12 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |