Sentence examples for general tells from inspiring English sources

A general tells him that whenever government soldiers are captured "almost all the officers are killed".

"You've got the plum job," the local British general tells him on his arrival.

The brief, filed by Linda Singer, the District's attorney general, tells the justices that the appeals court made three errors.

The general tells me they are in good health, they suffered no injuries, and they have not been mistreated.

David Howman, Wada's venerable director general, tells me that his organisation is always searching for more funds – but the fight for sporting integrity is not everyone's top priority.

It is an idea the general outlined in a 14-page paper he gave Mr. Obama during a meeting at the White House a year ago, but to which, the general tells people, he has never received a response.

"The policy dilemma is this," a senior general told me.

John Andrews, the authority's deputy director general, told The Associated Press.

"The biggest ones we secure," the general told the Senate Appropriations Committee.

His own attorney general told him it was not necessary constitutionally.

"The central theme of our doctrine is restraint and responsibility," a general told me.