Example sentences of "[verb] tell you [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect he has told you of the tragedy ? ’ |
| 2 | This leaflet is designed to tell you about the Association and how to join . |
| 3 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 4 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 5 | Dear Sir , I 'm just writing to tell you about the fun we had when everyone saw Albie 's ( Mr Misery ) photo in the Echo . |
| 6 | Now erm you will already know and I certainly would 've told you on the phone that er you are not responsible for setting the assignments up . |
| 7 | Oh I did n't te forgot to tell you about the taxi guy who came . |
| 8 | I wish I could talk longer because I 'd like to tell you about the lungs , but er , time 's still . |
| 9 | But I hardly like to tell you about the disaster that befell Angela within the next few minutes . |
| 10 | I should have told you at the beginning . |
| 11 | Because one of the commitments I hope John er may have told you on the phone , one of the parts of the contract we have with G A is that they provide a list of businesses . |
| 12 | When er I I John I hope will have told you on the phone that you have no responsibility for setting the assignments . |
| 13 | Well I 'll tell you what I I you know seriously er with what Norman would have told you on the phone self employed commission only erm if you er I I 'm surprised you came to see us . |
| 14 | ‘ When — in this room after I 'd finished telling you of the singing fountain , you said , ‘ How lovely ’ and I own , I thought you the most lovely creature , in mind and body , that I had ever known . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have tried to tell you in the past — at least to make you see — I am not fit for marriage , do n't you understand ? ’ |
| 16 | I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’ |
| 17 | Having represented the giving for a number of years on a graph , next ask what the figures have to tell you about the relevance and quality of your programme . |
| 18 | To explain why that aspect interested me particularly I have to tell you about the Butcher . |