Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pron] must [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But something told me I must carry on , so I did , rhythmically pushing his chest , praying for a reaction .
2 He told me I must open your mouth . ’
3 No one in the team ever told me I must win or be faster than everyone else .
4 He drew in deep , deep breaths of air ; then , almost quietly now , he told himself he must find Martin .
5 ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ?
6 ‘ There wo n't be any , ’ Lindsey gave the quiet assurance , and thought she heard him mutter ‘ good girl ! ’ , but told herself she must have imagined it , as he was already striding down the corridor .
7 Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it .
8 As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’
9 I told him it must 've been about the Royal Garden Party .
10 So I told him I must have got the wrong number .
11 I told her she must bring our brothers here by two o'clock .
12 Told her she must send out the original .
13 She saw ‘ horrible sights and abominable , priests , heathen and Christian ’ , showing her their genitals , and the devil told her she must fornicate with them all .
14 But the nodding baby , the beginnings of whimpers from Helen who had decided that she minded bitterly that her fairy doll had spent Christmas in a cardboard box , Mrs Chamberlin 's gallant attempts to fight her own fatigue , told her she must go home .
15 They told her she must give up Christianity and deny , not only God and all the saints , but her father , her mother , and all her friends .
16 I told her she must make her own mistakes in her own way .
17 I told her she must use plenty of weights with the ribber and went back to my knitting .
18 She whispered that Klaus told her she must take the message from me after I 'd read it .
19 By the time he told her he must go , and was off to the Republic for a day or two , she was placated .
20 We 've told him we must have firm information as to where they intend to move Steiner . ’
21 The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin .
22 She had been content to stay in the house all day and to try to clean it ; but Mrs Aggie had told her she must go to school , at least for part of the day .
23 ‘ I 've told her she must spend less time in the prop room . ’ .
24 He will need to be told what he must do . ’
25 They tell me I must face up to my responsibilities , get my title out of hock to the moneylenders , and marry an heiress . ’
26 Well I tell him he must go , and if he does n't I just open the door wide to let the cigarette smell out and erm course then he as I say , I ca n't tell you what he calls me , but erm
27 Tell him I must see him .
28 ‘ Tell him , ’ he said , ‘ tell him I must get into the Ship . ’
29 I tell myself I must prepare for the worst .
30 My abuelito tells me I must call my baby Constanza if it is a girl . ’
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