Example sentences of "tell him [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told him of his experience and was interested to know that the phenomenon is by no means unknown and the other went on to relate another incident involving footsteps that he heard outside the office , but when he opened the door to investigate no one was there . |
| 2 | Mr Litherland , Labour MP for Manchester Central , said he had drawn attention to the security flaw after a building worker told him of his concern while working at the court building . |
| 3 | Lewis had written to Uncle Hilbert and told him of his intention to name his son after him , inviting him to be the child 's godfather . |
| 4 | Urquhart knew him ; and falling into talk Paul told him of his predicament . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him about his man Modena at 40–1 . |
| 6 | Then I told him about his man Modena at 40–1 . |
| 7 | ‘ I told him about his identity tonight , ’ he snapped . |
| 8 | Should have told him to his face . |
| 9 | Nobody seems to have told him about his humiliation . |
| 10 | I 'd told him in his office it would do no good , but he insisted . |
| 11 | One day in the future , when he could understand , she would tell him about his father ; she hoped she might be able to explain the facts without revealing how Tyler had deserted them . |
| 12 | He says if people think he 's not telling the truth they must tell him to his face . |
| 13 | I 'll tell him to his face I think his parent 's sofa 's not very nice . |
| 14 | Hypocrisy of this kind derives from the agent 's conscience telling him of his evil , while his desire not to appear evil causes him to feign goodness . |
| 15 | The letter telling him of his disgrace was delivered to him in prison . |
| 16 | In the evenings in Hut 2 he had twice pulled Holly to a corner to tell him of his innocence . |