Example sentences of "and tell [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They read some of his books together , and told each other stories . |
| 2 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 3 | The terminology of Locke is still considered valid to support the argument advanced in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads : we are referred to ‘ sensations ’ and ‘ ideas ’ , and told that ‘ falsehood of description ’ has been avoided , for the object of poetry is ‘ truth ’ . |
| 4 | On the second day of the UN-enforced air boycott , Tripoli radio said envoys from France , Germany , Italy , Sweden , Belgium , Czechoslovakia and Japan were summoned to the Foreign Ministry and told some of their number would be expelled . |
| 5 | ‘ The first time , ’ he said , ‘ I was standing at Sandown airport and told this man that Frank Spencer was flying the plane that was coming down to land . |
| 6 | When I returned to Washington and told this story , I received several accounts of severe reactions , including psychosis , among healthy individuals who had taken this drug . |
| 7 | We 'll meet here , on the same day , in two years ' time , at seven o'clock , and we 'll have exactly the same things to eat , and tell each other quite frankly in what ways we 've changed . |
| 8 | Exercises : students decide if statements about the passage are true or false ; in small groups , they list , discuss , and tell each other what the woman will be doing tomorrow , and what she will have done by 5.30 ; they then discuss the woman 's feelings and decide what advice they would give her . |
| 9 | We have intentions , feel pain , and tell each other things . |
| 10 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 11 | I 'll get Matron to handle them ’ — he looked up at her , and she nodded — ‘ and tell all press callers that a press conference will be held here in the board room at ten A.M. tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | Legion wished to be a disciple but Jesus told him to remain where he was in his own district and tell all the people what … the Lord in his mercy has done for you ( Mark 5:19 ) . |
| 13 | His ‘ pick your own ’ customers walking past different paddocks of Free Range hens are soon addicted to his eggs and tell all their friends . |
| 14 | Successful students study in a variety of different ways , most of them equally valid and effective — so it would be presumptuous or simply wrong to recommend any one proven pattern of study ha bits and tell all students to conform to that pattern . |
| 15 | Oh I , when I , when I went there the next morning I had to tell all in front of the class and tell all the kids . |
| 16 | I 'll come to your hotel again , and tell all my friends . ’ |
| 17 | Something they can see and feel , and be impressed by , and tell all their pals in the Ministry of Justice about . ’ |
| 18 | I want all of you to go there , and tell all your friends to come see one of the wonders of the world . |
| 19 | ‘ Go and tell that fox : ‘ I am driving out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow , and on the third day I shall finish my work ! ’ |
| 20 | And I would be grateful if you could get up there and tell that oaf Duncan to stop whatever it is he is doing ! ’ |
| 21 | If I go and tell that mod over there that he 's insulted his tie and then I go and tell the rocker that the mod 's been rude about him , we 'll get them burning down the pier . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Go and tell that to Ryan ! |
| 23 | Let me open a new chapter and tell another story . |
| 24 | You 've always been a bit of a soft touch , but now it 's time to wise up and tell those around you that enough is enough . |
| 25 | Go and tell the folk back in the village , go and tell those who are related to you what you have heard today . |
| 26 | To backpedal and tell any part of the truth would be to admit his complicity with the Ashdown girl , which was something that he did n't want to be drawn into ever again . |
| 27 | And tell this steaming wet nelly that we are , in fact , THE |
| 28 | And tell this steaming wet nelly that we are , in fact , THE |
| 29 | ‘ The way I see it , I have to be wary of upsetting you , in case you go home and tell this fiancée of mine all about my wicked Caribbean love-nest . |
| 30 | And if a band coming from Thick Paddy Land — and that is not true — comes along and tells these people what 's up they might not be awfully pleased . ’ |