Example sentences of "[noun] telling [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 2 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 3 | nor do they keep you awake all night telling you the story of |
| 4 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 5 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 6 | This year everyone working for BT was sent a letter telling them the redundancy terms they were entitled to if they decided to leave the company voluntarily . |
| 7 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 8 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |
| 9 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |