Example sentences of "[was/were] tell his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Andrews and the boys were then driven to isolated woods 30 miles away while a frantic Mr Andrews , who was told his sons would be castrated if he failed to co-operate , delivered the ransom . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , a frantic Mr Andrews , who was told his sons would be castrated if he failed to co-operate , delivered the ransom . |
| 3 | Ironically , Gallacher 's capacity for tragedy did not leave him for long ; at the end of the game he was told his sister-in-law had died in Scotland , and as the tartan army led a ragtime jazz-band through the streets of London , Hughie Gallacher was on his way to the funeral . |
| 4 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 5 | Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government . |
| 6 | To rub sea salt into the wound , Mr Lamont was told his place on the Cabinet 's overseas policy committee could be taken by his Number FIVE at the Treasury . |
| 7 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
| 8 | He had been granted leave to visit his sick mother but when he was ready to leave the jail he was told his mother had died and was ordered back to his cell . |
| 9 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 10 | He was telling his story to people sheltering from the rain . |
| 11 | The last fish he had landed was a magnificent sea-trout weighing 6lb and , as he applied the priest , he was telling his companions about a similar fish , caught by his father in the dim and distant past : ‘ A beautiful fish , gentlemen , just like this one is . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Clare was telling his son about the new d'Urberville family who had taken the ancient name and lived near Trantridge . |
| 13 | They were with Sean who was telling his aunt how things were with him and Michael . |
| 14 | The old man with the skinny hand and glittering eye , the ancient mariner , was telling his tale in the past tense . |
| 15 | His idea was to tell his story ‘ in a perfectly matter of fact and sober manner ’ ( Willett 1978 , p. 154 ) . |
| 16 | Chapman 's first move was to tell his directors : ‘ You have talented , mostly young , players — they need a general to lead them . |