Example sentences of "[adv] tell [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , right I agree entirely , and one of the points we 're making to Mr is that we were never consulted we were merely told this is happening , now we 're trying to put the report in in a positive way . |
| 2 | Francis Lavelle , managing director of Solaic , said the company expects to do $70m all told this year , of which $58m should come from card manufacture , $9.6m from customisation services , and $2.5m from systems engineering . |
| 3 | ‘ We learnt of it a fortnight since , ’ said Aranyos , ‘ but I was only told last week . |
| 4 | Your boss and fellow workers constantly tell offensive jokes and you have been sexually harassed . |
| 5 | The figures below tell most , but not quite all , of the rest of the story . |
| 6 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 7 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 8 | He says that I might not need to get it , right , because , if , he can only tell half my blood . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd better tell this sodding policeman where the main electric switch is . |
| 10 | Apparently she knew enough to tell other people not to worry , but that might mean no more than that she was trying to put a brave face on things . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder if anyone will be stupid enough to tell this bunch of do-gooders the truth ? ’ |
| 12 | One night they secretly told all employees , except Peter to leave early . |
| 13 | ‘ Fru Møller just told that lady that it never rains here in August , but the dolls say it often does and they packed their mackintoshes ! ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , I already told that . |
| 15 | I was not told that mask clearing displaces everything ! |
| 16 | In BANGLADESH and MEXICO , for example , people are often not told that sterilisation is permanent . |
| 17 | She had thought it would be a pity not to have him around any longer : Rachel and Maggie both liked him and she had not told either of them about his wife . |
| 18 | Rose was not told this , for fear of destroying her morale . |
| 19 | Prospective expedition members were not told this ( it comes from a letter written in December 1991 ) . |
| 20 | Mr Clayton was not told this . |
| 21 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 22 | Fiona , that 's my assistant , was not told any more . |
| 23 | You 've just told this man |
| 24 | You 've just told this man that he his experience is invalid . |
| 25 | Long acquaintance with the clergy had convinced him that priests could not tell one layman from the next if they happened to be on their own administrative staff . |
| 26 | If you can not tell long jokes without getting lost , stick to one-liners . |
| 27 | Did they not tell each other ? |
| 28 | He is an ‘ insider ’ : an ex-member of MI5 , rising to deputy director ; but you could not tell that from this book . |
| 29 | Do not tell any about me nor anyone except father and possibly Frank , write at once if you are going to . |
| 30 | Unless you want to be force-fed stale angel cakes until you weigh 73 stones , do not tell these jokes at your Aunty 's . |