Example sentences of "[noun sg] tell me [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’
2	He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 .
3	Letterman tells me that casting in Paris is going well .
4	Cheek to tell me good luck .
5	She heard Guido say , ‘ I remember Filippo telling me that story .
6	An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal .
7	My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go .
8	Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place .
9	I exclaimed : ‘ Your Excellency tells me one thing today and another tomorrow !
10	My Nan told me last night . ’
11	A spokesman told me this week : ‘ It 's a top-shelf title .
12	A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company .
13	My doctor tells me that leg of his must still be hurting like the devil .
14	Why , as a senior British civil servant told me last week , is black Africa more and more convinced that Communism and not democracy , is the wave of the future ?
15	‘ Me dad told me that story abaht Bobby Peel as a lesson .
16	Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’
17	My mother told me that Dad was on one of his frequent business trips to America and would be home in a couple of days .
18	‘ My son tells me one article appeared and he counted thirty-seven inaccuracies in it .

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