Example sentences of "to tell him the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 2 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 3 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 4 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 5 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |
| 6 | On that morning , North dropped by Paul Thompson 's office , beside Poindexter 's , to tell him the gist of his conversation with Meese , ‘ that it did not go well ’ . |