Example sentences of "stories to tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And a singer , and a clown with plenty of good stories to tell folk while he wheedles out their money . |
| 2 | The Americans have left us with very few stories to tell . |
| 3 | Many humbler folk , with fascinating ideas and personal stories to tell if they only dared to sit down and write them out , will be grateful for its tireless and patient tuition . |
| 4 | And it does give him a few funny stories to tell his mates in the pub . |
| 5 | But with 500 officers of the KGB Foreign Veterans Association all with stories to tell , as well as offshoots from the KGB making their files available to the highest bidders , it is not clear who owns the rights to which stories . |
| 6 | Names like Catchpole = constable , Benbow = archer , and Waghorn = trumpeter , all have their stories to tell , and the books listed later in this chapter are of value in this regard . |
| 7 | At last week 's meeting members took a trip down memory lane with Ron Beach , who had many fascinating stories to tell about the village — and he also prompted a few reminiscences from others who had tales to tell . |
| 8 | There 's people out there with stories to tell , and we 've got to get them into the bookshops , get something different on the shelves . |
| 9 | Some of these books are raw as hell , but whether the inspiration comes from Jilly Cooper or Thomas Hardy , Iceberg Slim or Samuel Selvon , what can be said for sure is that the Black British Novel is here to stay , giving voice to a bunch of people with a whole mess of new stories to tell . |
| 10 | Other signalmen had similar stories to tell and some refused to work the box , so frightened were they of the strange events . |
| 11 | AXED Terry Wogan is on the hunt for guests with ‘ wacky , tacky ’ stories to tell in a bid to shed his bland image , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 12 | Christine , 52 , decided to tell the world of her own experiences about two years ago , as much for therapeutic reasons as through a desire to reach those with similar horror stories to tell . |
| 13 | For the moment , we repeat that there are two plausible stories to tell , one from outside about the human part of the natural world and the other from inside a separate social realm . |
| 14 | Although it is appealing to believe that bits of the two stories can be added together , we maintain that there are always two stories to tell and that combinations do not solve the problem . |
| 15 | Probably she would have a good few stories to tell about the world they had come from . |
| 16 | Travel writer Mark Wallington had stories to tell of his south London-born dog Boogie , ‘ a cross between a whippet and a Morris 1000 ’ , star of Five Hundred Mile Walkies , and how at a promising sounding signing session at Harrods , John Julius Norwich and Jilly Cooper were led into the Books Department while he and Boogie were ushered into the Pet Department . |
| 17 | The Crown Hotel in Newmilns amy have a few stories to tell as surprise , surprise , one of her friends had organised a ‘ Strip O'Gram ’ to provide some hilarious entertainment . |
| 18 | There is every reason to believe that this degree of movement was typical of the corn-growing regions , but we have to constantly bear in mind that one part of England may have very different experiences from another and that even neighbouring communities might have contrasting stories to tell . |
| 19 | ‘ They all have incredible stories to tell . |
| 20 | I think that old people , or people who are retired , rather than old people , have an enormous amount of wisdom about their community , they have certainly stories to tell , and traditionally I think often in older traditional communities , they , the retired people , the people who 've ceased work , have been if you like , the guardians of the wisdom and the guardians of the stories . |