Example sentences of "[verb] tell [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first advertisement to appear told this story under the headline , " Before you choose the pattern , choose the china . " |
| 2 | She has told that tale all round Glasgow ; you may have noticed that no company calls . |
| 3 | Once the constable has told that person of both types of specimen and has listened to anything that that person has to say as to which type of specimen he would wish to provide , the constable may decide whether the specimen to be provided should be a specimen of blood or urine . |
| 4 | But he has told former executives to extract themselves from jobs they managed to find in the Aquino era and hold themselves ready . |
| 5 | He has told each of Russia 's 88 regions and autonomous republics to chose two representatives and send them to Moscow on June 5th . |
| 6 | He has told all he knows , and all he thinks he knows , and I am sure he has kept nothing back . |
| 7 | People began to feel ill yesterday afternoon and today the head Jean has told all two hundred and forty four pupils to stay at home . |
| 8 | The Ards manager is furious at his side 's capitulation in Wednesday 's League Cup semi-final with Coleraine and has told several players they 're on trial against the Blues at Castlereagh Park tomorrow . |
| 9 | You will not need telling that good relationships with your local press , radio and television are essential — but how do you do it ? |
| 10 | I tried telling some of the teachers that . |
| 11 | There is one umpire itching to tell all about the drama of that momentous lunch interval during the Texaco Trophy one-day match at Lord 's which sparked the biggest row in modern cricket . |
| 12 | ‘ Barbara must not be permitted to tell these stories . ’ |
| 13 | You want to tell this dumb-fuck donkey son of a Shiite whore that Daod just left the country right under his nose ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Cynics say — cynics have already said — when your preaching is done , when your lofty words have gone with the wind , when the media has departed to tell another tale , the world will forget . |
| 15 | She 'd told another lie . |
| 16 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 17 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 18 | In short , the basic instinct which seemed to tell many people that they needed a good ‘ clean out ’ , and that nasty things could happen while waste matter lingered around in the body , seems to have been largely correct . |
| 19 | And and the write up in one of the papers well I was well I 'd to tell that guy if he 's watching I can ya nip ! |
| 20 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 21 | Cos I got told this afternoon he have n't made a very good job of this cleaning up ! |
| 22 | This is why men who have been deeply hurt in an extra marital affair often have a compulsion when it ends to tell all to their wives in a great burst of weeping . |
| 23 | You 've got to tell all this on the phone and remember how important that is . |
| 24 | She was n't going to tell that fear to anyone though ; she was n't having them prying or saying that Dorothy ought to be glad of a new brother or sister . |
| 25 | ‘ Who is going to tell that poor child ? ’ said the housekeeper . |
| 26 | For my part , I 'm going to tell that old hag what I think of her ! ’ |
| 27 | I 'm going to tell that with your |
| 28 | You come all the way to see our fine city with its many points of historical and civic interest , also many quaint customs , and you wake up dead in some back alley or as it might be floating down the Ankh , how are you going to tell all your friends what a great time you 're having ? |
| 29 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ muttered Phoebe ; she was not going to tell this woman that for the last six months she had done practically nothing else . |
| 30 | We have promised to tell each other if the doctors refuse to . |