Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall we have just a quick Lisa and Dean want to tell us what 's going , cos they 've had you , had the first meeting now , have n't you ? |
| 2 | I believe the Lady Amelia has told you everything we know . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Dean has told him he would do all his running and Dalian decided here was the guy he had waited for throughout his career , ’ said the Villa manager . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 5 | Mrs Singh agreed to tell me when she heard from the doctor . |
| 6 | Pahdra Singh has told me that although Proby 's cousin did manage to register the stand as a car , he did so describing it as a 1964 Skoda with 300,000 miles on the clock . |
| 7 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , my brother Stair — I am sure that Matey has told you about Stair — invited me out tonight to the stag party of one of his friends ; I used to know him slightly . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Didier has told you , I am sure , that atropine 's been found in one of the dishes of entrée . ’ |
| 10 | She wished she had listened when Doc Threadneedle tried to tell her about her brain . |
| 11 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 12 | ‘ Cadfael has told me , ’ said Hugh , ‘ how the sortes went , and of Brother Jerome 's confession . |
| 13 | Mrs Stych could many times have wept with humiliation when Donna hastened to tell her of yet another minor car accident in which his ancient jalopy had been involved , yet another girl with whom he had once been seen who was ‘ in trouble ’ . |
| 14 | Hugo Brassard keeps telling me not to give up hope . ’ |
| 15 | Tilda began to tell him exactly what had been happening in Dr Kildare , so far . |
| 16 | Leonard Bilsiter enjoyed telling them all about Siberian Magic and hidden powers . |
| 17 | What should Dana have told her ? |
| 18 | Evan loved to tell you that it began with a minor domestic row . |
| 19 | And Vivienne kept telling me , I should have stayed on just for the grant . |
| 20 | We really ought to have noted the various quantities remaining , when Dr Burney offered to tell us this morning . |
| 21 | Dennis did tell me but we was too busy … well , you know . ’ |
| 22 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 23 | Rex Cunningham had told her that he had seen Clare in possession of a photograph of me which had convinced him we were intimate friends . |
| 24 | A boy next door called Rupert Entwistle had told her that if you chopped off a newt 's tail , the tail stayed alive and grew into another newt ten times bigger than the first one . |
| 25 | After what Jeff had told her about Guido Falcone , the only feelings she ought to have for him were disapproval and dislike . |
| 26 | Suddenly , she was remembering what Jeff had told her . |
| 27 | She felt a sudden flash of doubt , remembering the things Jeff had told her , and thought again what had occurred to her over that fateful cup of coffee . |
| 28 | Ronni looked at Guido now from beneath her lashes , taking in the strong , mahogany-dark profile and remembering the story that Jeff had told her . |
| 29 | That was precisely the story Jeff had told her . |
| 30 | During that half-hour coffee break Jeff had told her all about Silvia and about how Guido was trying to break up the romance . |