Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] that [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN OLD gentleman once told me that the two things that caused the greatest rural rows were the Church and fox-hunting . |
| 2 | Would you be surprised if I told you that the seven major shareholders in GEC , Westinghouse , Con Edison , NBC , and CBS , are Mr El , Mr Elolhim , and Mr Adonai , YHWH Inc. , Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh , Shaddai Holdings , and Zebaot International ? ’ |
| 3 | British Rail tell us that the 6.30 Aylesbury to Marylebone train service has been cancelled this evening , while the buses continue to operate a trouble-free service . |
| 4 | British Rail tell us that the three minutes past seven train , due into Oxford at three minutes past seven that is , that travels from Banbury to Paddington , has been cancelled this evening . |
| 5 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 6 | British Rail tells us that the 5.51 Sheffield to Paddington train is 15 minutes late this evening , but I 've nothing to report so far on the buses . |
| 7 | We want to tell you that the 1963 hit is Britain 's top-seller of all time and reached world sales of more than 13 million . |