Example sentences of "to tell him [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He came back from London and someone had to tell him at the station .
2 At the end of April 1973 I went to see the King of Morocco to tell him about a plot to kill him .
3 ‘ I do n't think that 'd do him much harm , ’ she said , and went on to tell him about the incident in the Village , finishing up with the assassin 's miraculous recovery .
4 This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her .
5 Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL .
6 Another potential voter starts to tell him about the car that went through his garden wall .
7 Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January .
8 He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister .
9 But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home .
10 Got to tell him about the party .
11 He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes .
12 He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room .
13 Byrkin had twice found out Holly to tell him of the sailing of the frigate Storozhevoy from the naval harbour at Riga .
14 Officers had tried all day to contact Mr Maughan to tell him of the tragedy .
15 She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit !
16 I do n't want to tell him over the phone , but at the same time I ca n't pretend everything 's all right . ’
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