Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble saying , this man receives sinners and eats with them , and he told them this parable saying , what man among you , if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them , does not leave the ninety and nine in the open pasture and go out to the one which is lost until he finds it . |
| 2 | He told them This Island Story from Wat Tyler 's point of view . |
| 3 | Since Siah told me this story about a supreme storyteller , 1 have told the story myself many times . |
| 4 | The evangelist Leighton Ford , who told me this story some years ago , used it to illustrate the fear of many churches of the evangelist coming in and bringing all kinds of disturbing , unsavoury characters into the church . |
| 5 | ‘ That , more or less , is what Miss Henry told me this afternoon , ’ she admitted . |
| 6 | Of course , I 've always loved her but I 'd no idea she felt the same way about me until she told me this afternoon . |
| 7 | I was very sorry when you told me this morning of your decision to resign from the Government . |
| 8 | He told me this morning . ’ |
| 9 | Bailey told me this morning . |
| 10 | He told me this morning that he thought the boy had been working too hard . ’ |
| 11 | ’ When he told me this morning that I was his prisoner , not his … not anything else , he left two Gharrgoyles to guard me . |
| 12 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She told me this morning when she got back to the yacht that they planned on going . |
| 14 | What they told me this morning ? ’ |
| 15 | no , no cos she just told me this morning you were going to see her work in the morning . |
| 16 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 17 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 18 | A spokesman told me this week : ‘ It 's a top-shelf title . |
| 19 | He told me this week that he was convinced by West 's ‘ karate theory ’ at the time . |
| 20 | He told me this week : |
| 21 | He told me this week : ‘ It 's the first time City of Derry have won a green pennant since the club was founded in 1912 . ’ |
| 22 | When I asked Lee what 's going on , he told me this guy had met him at the airport and that he had a letter and had said he 'd caddied for Henry Cotton . |
| 23 | I told you this kind of mingling always ends in tears . ’ |
| 24 | The child seemed so lost in thought she hardly looked where she was walking , and when they reached the gate of Matilda 's home , Miss Honey said , ‘ You had better forget everything I told you this afternoon . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Just pray by reciting what I told you this morning , ’ the mother persuaded her . |
| 26 | ’ You must have been furious , ’ I added , ’ when he told you this morning why he 'd picked you up . ’ |
| 27 | Aye , and er you see I used to go over , I used to go over on a Sunday , when they came , if you , on the er well you see as I told you this chap here . |
| 28 | Then I played a trick on Michael , who was a great chatter-up of girls at that time , and told him this person in costume was very keen on him , so he began to chat him up . |
| 29 | Oliver said when I told him this story rather hesitatingly , though I expect my nerves were to do with talking about Gillian . |
| 30 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |