Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [noun] tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a recent visit to Preston , the managing director of Leyland DAF told me that sales of trucks and buses — which I am sure the Minister agrees form an important part of the industry — in 1991 are at their lowest level since the 1930s . |
| 2 | Monsieur Boudin of Perrier Jouet told me that in ‘ the old days ’ the Pinot Noir of Aÿ once had a gout de terroir which , I am glad to say , has since been ‘ lost ’ . |
| 3 | He says : ‘ Writers like Richard Streeton tell me they carry it around with them as a work of reference , using it to find out whether odd events have happened before . |
| 4 | It came as a shock to realise that nearly 20 years had passed since an enthusiastic young couple in Capel Curig told me they were going to ‘ do ’ Snowdonia that afternoon . |
| 5 | Mr Patten 's office in Hong Kong tells me : ‘ He sprained a muscle in his left leg while playing tennis with his coach at seven one morning . |
| 6 | Jamila had phoned me the day after Helen and I fucked in Anerley Park to tell me of her decision . |
| 7 | The boy from Viet Nam told me |
| 8 | She phoned me in Buenos Aires to tell me it was all over , before the world knew . |
| 9 | It is very warm and rather bulkier than the old one , though the nice girl in John Lewis told me they get thin and tired after about nine years — and mine has done twelve , so it is going to go to for our use there . |