Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [conj] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Minister meets those representatives — if not before — will he be able to tell them that the Government support the amendment to the Further and Higher Education Bill , which has been promoted by the National Youth Agency and the British Youth Council and backed by hon. Members from all parties ? |
| 2 | Do you mean to tell me that the girls ask you for such stuff as you have been reading ? |
| 3 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 4 | Or are you trying to tell me that the mormaers think Siward would laugh at their jokes ? ’ |
| 5 | He asked me to tell you that the government has not yet sent the compensation . |
| 6 | We are pleased to tell you that the book has been published and is now available — certainly in the UK . |
| 7 | He had been disappointed to find Dr Ockleton absent from his rooms in the morning , but a pretty girl in jogging kit , who had come loping down the stairs whilst he was knocking at Ockleton 's door , had run on the spot long enough to tell him that the doctor lectured on Tuesday mornings and that Harry would probably have better luck after lunch . |
| 8 | I had tried to tell him that the world had changed drastically , but Bonefish did not want to believe in change . |
| 9 | The Minister has an obligation to tell us whether the Government intend to implement Rothschild if they are returned to power . |
| 10 | PW 's senior partner Ian Brindle looks out inscrutably from the foreword to tell us that the work provides ‘ a unique point of reference for company executives , investors and investment commentators ’ , which just about sums it up . |
| 11 | A DESPATCH from Rome in Thursday 's newspaper seemed to tell us that the Pope has been urging sex education for priests . |