Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [noun] tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 2 | But Britain 's Vice-Consul Harold Jenkins told me : ‘ Sadly it may be quite impossible for them to make positive identifications . ’ |
| 3 | I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake . |
| 4 | The manner in which the hand-lettered sign on the side attacked Senator Edward Kennedy told me more than enough about them . |
| 5 | Yet in the middle years of the Thatcher government , I recall Sir Geoffrey Howe telling me how impressed he was by the number of letters he was receiving , especially from young people , about the crisis in the third world . |
| 6 | One gentleman I ought to mention to you in this connection — my friend Mr. Michael Barry tells me — is the writer in ‘ Property and Finance ’ , which some of you may have read . |
| 7 | Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result . |
| 8 | And the wounds , sir — you bear them very well : the leg , Major General Lake told me , was very badly crushed . ’ |