Example sentences of "[coord] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He did n't ask or tell him to leave the Apache alone .
2 ‘ I shall go and tell 'im what a perfect swine he is . ’
3 It will have to be answered , so we had better talk about it in the shelter of our homes , and in the morning we can send and tell him what we think . ’
4 ‘ D' you want me to go up and tell him ? ’
5 Charity with enough resilience to laugh , thought it unlikely that Charles would make a particularly docile prisoner and Clarissa said she 'd write and tell him to behave himself .
6 Let's go and tell him about Miss Miggs 's mistletoe , and ask him to buy it ! ’
7 Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’
8 If she sees him today she might go over there and tell him his name for nothing again . ’
9 I was n't sure , I said , but soon , very soon ; I 'd phone and tell him within the next couple of days .
10 I was just wondering , having reached my seat , whether I could whip back and tell him to belt it out a bit , when it stopped altogether .
11 But she would write and tell him how fine the flower-beds were and how across the road the sea rushed into the golden shore and she would tell him how much she missed him .
12 Do n't tell me where he is , or I 'll go and tell him what I think of him .
13 He dearly wished they would hurry up and tell him what to do .
14 ‘ Then I 'll write and tell him , too , ’ said Mother .
15 If , if there 's an incident happens , does n't mean you have to wait for the local police officer to tell , to come along and tell him , you 've still got police support all round you anywhere .
16 I 'll ring through and tell him that you 're coming . "
17 He does n't think that widening the carriageway on the corner of Road and Road will be very sensible , but that was n't what we were suggesting , we were suggesting I think on er Avenue rather than so we 'll have to write back and tell him .
18 Matt wanted to know how her parents had fared over the last few years , and as we were about to leave the table he asked her to stay and tell him about them .
19 Not only can I confirm my hon. Friend 's figures , I can go further and tell him that an additional £115 million has been invested by the three health authorities that his patients use in Cambridge , Peterborough , and West Norfolk and Wisbech .
20 Should she go back and tell him she 'd changed her mind ?
21 She wanted him to plead with her to stay with him , forever , as he 'd done once before , but this time she would accept and tell him how wrong she had been the first time .
22 She was infuriated by his arrogant assumption that he could simply demand answers , infuriated still more by her own desire to simply cave in and tell him the truth .
23 The family had you see the family had to come and tell him where the grave was .
24 I mean , I should just turn round and tell him where to go , but .
25 I said to Sue I said I ca n't ring and tell him I ai n't going I says , I 'll upset him too much .
26 I thought you were gon na go and tell him that he 'd better see me today .
27 Mary it 's none of your business to go and tell him !
28 I did n't have to go and tell him .
29 Aye anyway I says seeing 's it 's you I 'll go and tell him and I come upstairs so I come downstairs and I says he 's asleep , he says the idle get .
30 can go and , alright you can go in and tell him right
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