SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	tell [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	234
2	tell [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	181
3	told [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	71
4	tell me the [adj] [noun sg]	64
5	tell [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	60
6	tell you the [adj] [noun sg]	52
7	tell [pers pn] the whole [noun sg]	44
8	tell [pers pn] the whole [noun sg]	44
9	tell [pers pn] the [adj] story	43
10	tell him the [adj] [noun sg]	38
11	tell her the [adj] [noun sg]	33
12	tell us the [adj] [noun sg]	28
13	tell [pers pn] the other [noun sg]	27
14	tell [pers pn] the other [noun sg]	27
15	tell [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	26
16	tell [pers pn] the [adj] truth	26
17	to tell [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	24
18	telling [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	23
19	tell [pers pn] the [adj -est] [noun sg]	21
20	tell [pers pn] the [adj] day	21
21	told [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	19
22	tell [pers pn] the [num ord] [noun sg]	18
23	tell them the [adj] [noun sg]	17
24	tell [pers pn] the [adj] news	15
25	tell [pers pn] the [adj] thing	15
26	tells [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg]	11
27	tell [pers pn] the [det] [noun sg]	11
28	tell [pers pn] the [adj] way	11
29	tell [pers pn] the same [noun sg]	11
30	tell [pers pn] the same [noun sg]	11