Example sentences of "he tells [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells her about the pencil-case and the four-colour propelling pencil . |
| 2 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 3 | ‘ But do n't get the wrong idea , ’ he tells me on the phone . |
| 4 | Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them ! |
| 5 | He tells me about the day his father died of liver failure ; Crilly was only five . |
| 6 | He tells me about the men he met in prison , imitating their varied dialects with great skill . |
| 7 | He tells us at the beginning of his book that he is an Aristotelean in these matters , but the price he pays is that his definition simply fails to bear upon the intuitive criteria for an explication of consciousness , such as those set out above . |