Example sentences of "tell him [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps four or five minutes , though it certainly seemed more ; Moxie guessed ten minutes , and Gildas later told her that Ludens told him fifteen minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm to be on the committee of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows , ’ she told him one day . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact he was very put out because Martinez simply told him one day at the end of last year that the agency had a new client but he , Martinez , was going to handle him personally and Ed Grainger did n't need to bother about him . |
| 4 | ‘ … and that is the greatest danger , according to Minch , ’ Kraal told him one day , concluding a brief account of what life in the Cages was like . |
| 5 | Even told him one day , ‘ Let's go travelling , escape from our lush paradise |
| 6 | ‘ So one hopes , ’ said Jared , amused at these revelations confirming what his daughter had told him two days ago . |
| 7 | I 've told him four times . |
| 8 | Maybe she should have told him fifty quid . |
| 9 | Tell him ten minutes , and no physical contact . |
| 10 | ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room . |
| 11 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |
| 12 | She knew she would have to tell him one day , and now seemed a good time . |