Example sentences of "[modal v] tell him [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room . |
| 2 | He walked round the room , examining every object as though it might tell him some secret . |
| 3 | Deane seems to have to problem of going to collect the ball on the wings and as a result he 's never in the centre when the ball comes across — I hope someone will tell him that centre forwards are supposed to hang around near the goal . |
| 4 | Fourthly , fourthly I can tell him that prescription charges will raise nearly three hundred million pounds in the forthcoming year . |
| 5 | You can tell him that joke ca n't ya ? |
| 6 | If you can tell him next week he 's back in |