Example sentences of "[noun] tell him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 2 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 3 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |
| 4 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 5 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 6 | Mum followed them and I too decided to find Frankie to tell him the news after I had cleared away the crocks . |
| 7 | Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed . |
| 8 | Ellie told him the truth . |
| 9 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 10 | Upset and infuriated by such cavalier treatment , made miserable and guilty by her failure to tell him the truth , she gritted her teeth and stayed still and mute , trying not to blink as the angry tears welled up . |
| 11 | Strangely then , at the thought of the heartless female he made her sound , Leith felt an almost overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth . |
| 12 | She was unsure now why she had decided to let him go on believing that , and she felt torn by a sudden desire to tell him the truth . |
| 13 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 14 | Mr Forbes said Ballantine told him the boy was dead and told him to phone the police . |
| 15 | He showed no surprise when Blanche told him the number plate of the car was false , and Nowak emphasised he did not want the police to press charges if the driver was found . |
| 16 | That night , North telephoned Poindexter to tell him the memo had been found . |
| 17 | I think Joe told him the name of his attackers , and it 's obviously someone … someone … " |
| 18 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 19 | His instinct told him the Englishman 's disappearance was the best chance . |
| 20 | I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish |
| 21 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 22 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 23 | Erika told him the reason , expecting a sneering laugh , but the Lout was impressed . |
| 24 | Local gallery owner John Rux-Burton , 33 , claims his grandfather told him the secret of Shingle Street before his death in 1974 . |
| 25 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 26 | The Army List told him the father was dead , the Registrar General that his wife was . |
| 27 | In reply to a Commons question the Defence minister Jonathanj Aitken told him the project would receive ’ very careful scrutiny . ’ |
| 28 | Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT . |
| 29 | Brynulf Ottar told him the organization , known as XU , involved a secret network based in Oslo , a courier line to Stockholm , and Swedes , Germans and Norwegians in Germany to provide the information from source . |
| 30 | And colleagues told him a body matching his daughter 's description had already been found . |