Example sentences of "tell him [art] " in BNC.

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1 And tell him no arguing tonight .
2 What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability .
3 Since I had collected a handsome pay-out from Ladbrokes a year earlier with money on Alesi I thought it only fair to 'phone Ken Tyrrell and tell him the odds .
4 I dressed and rushed through the streets to Dana 's place , and after prolonged hammering on his door managed to wake him and tell him the news .
5 Take him away , Sergeant , and tell him the facts of life !
6 So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know .
7 Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed .
8 All you need is enough 10–20mm diameter pea gravel to form a layer about 2in ( 50mm ) thick over the path or drive area ; your supplier will advise you on how much to order if you tell him the size of the area .
9 Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ .
10 ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’
11 Tell him the coast is clear . ’
12 When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen .
13 A little before midnight Miriam , who had been unable to sleep , came over to see him and tell him the news .
14 " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures .
15 I tell him the amount Letterman has promised .
16 Tell him the position .
17 By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me .
18 I ’ m going to write to James , and tell him the true story .
19 Tell him the things are for Peter , the boy who was sorry about the coal , then he will understand .
20 But another goblin tiptoed up to him and whispered , " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the mightiest warrior in the world . "
21 " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the wisest of men , " whispered the third goblin .
22 Tell him the thieves have fallen out . ’
23 ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent .
24 Tell him the truth , ’ he said .
25 ‘ Then tell him the truth , ’ Sabine said with bravado .
26 Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ?
27 Give me five minutes , then call your Super and tell him the situation here . ’
28 I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth .
29 There was a harshness on his face as he moved towards her , a determination to make her tell him the answers he sought , and she looked away .
30 And she must , she must , tell him the truth about Thomas .
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