Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She apparently told her , contrary to the impression given in the former interview covered by Document B , that she never condoned her daughter 's going away — which she referred to rather dramatically as a ‘ kidnap ’ — that she did everything she could to bring the matter to the authorities at the time , but ‘ was prevented ’ , that she had certainly never agreed to her daughter living with her brother , that her daughter 's health had suffered alarmingly , and that she never told any social worker that she had agreed . |
| 2 | And er he apparently told her to sit in the car while he finished his |
| 3 | Well , the immunologist from the clinic went in and evaluated Ron and basically told him that he had … that he was not going to live more than the most a few weeks , and he could have control over the time of his death if he wished , and that was his decision to make , and he should think about it and talk it over with me . |
| 4 | The discussion was opened by Chris Swinson , chairman of the Financial Reporting and Auditing Group , who basically told us that it was a foregone conclusion and after hearing views of those present , told us all to stop whingeing about the matter and to accept the situation . |
| 5 | Then he suddenly told me to fetch the chopper from the cellar . |
| 6 | I suddenly told them that I had to push , the urge was absolutely OVERPOWERING , quite unbelievable . |
| 7 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 8 | But somebody so told me aye and I said that was a funny name or was it else 's then . |
| 9 | I do n't think a person told I do n't think a person told to apologize is n't rea really an apology so I think there must be a reason why you did n't and so told me on Sunday why you did n't . |
| 10 | Well perhaps , perhaps the so and so , so told me . |
| 11 | Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year ! |
| 12 | Later I asked Mala the original of that unlikely nickname , but she merely told me , with a faint blush , that is was none of my business . |
| 13 | She merely told him that the book bore a crest , an embossed crest of a hawk . |
| 14 | Ignoring her question , he persisted , ‘ And naturally told you why . ’ |
| 15 | That alone told her that she was far from being in love with Dick . |
| 16 | The crash in her ear as his phone went down told her that he did mind — and very much too ! |
| 17 | And they sat numb and silent in a small hospital office , as a doctor gently told them that Danny was dead . |
| 18 | Bernard more or less told me . |
| 19 | She had long since realized her husband worked for the government , but he had never discussed it with her , much less told her he was a spy . |
| 20 | Most of the 16-year-olds say their fathers have more or less told them to ‘ go out and have a good time ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Oddly enough the selectors only told me shortly before the match that they wanted me to play left centre so that ‘ Obbo ’ could get some of the ball , ’ Cranmer reminisced . |
| 22 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 23 | Cobalt said wryly : ‘ Yes , and he only told me about it because I paid him . ’ |
| 24 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 25 | No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down . |
| 26 | No , she only told me that the other day yeah she is |
| 27 | He tried the same with Flora but she only told him to save it for his interview with Dr Mackintosh that morning . |
| 28 | So it was his turn to ask questions and , of course , I only told him what I wanted to . |
| 29 | Even Geoffrey Winbush 's statement only told them that Louise had been on the Woodham Road . |
| 30 | I feel sorry for his sons because he only told them what he wanted them to know , he did n't tell them the rest . |