Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [be] tell the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 2 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 3 | So perhaps Lesley-Jane had been telling the truth in her description of the relationship . |
| 4 | Sarah had been too ill to defend herself , and besides , in a way Elizabeth Bradford had been telling the truth . |
| 5 | He knew Phil Jordan 's home number and dialled it , hoping Jordan had been telling the truth about going home . |
| 6 | Sedgefield Tory candidate Nick Jopling whose father Michael has long occupied a safe seat at Westminster has been telling the Diary the poignant story of the lowest point of his life . |
| 7 | As you 've been reading this book God has been telling the Holy Spirit to make the bits that are especially important for you to stick in your mind . |
| 8 | Businessman John Foy and his wife Sally have been told the Pounds 250,000 house must go because it flouts planning regulations . |
| 9 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |