Example sentences of "[verb] to tell him the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I want to tell him the story of my life .
2 George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well .
3 Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions .
4 And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so .
5 Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again .
6 I had to tell him the news myself
7 She had always intended to tell him the truth , but somehow the time was never right …
8 A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office .
9 She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid .
10 Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up .
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