Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] tell [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 2 | I saw three movements and told him the Sonata would sound better if he made a very flashy last movement , but with content . |
| 3 | I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 5 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |
| 6 | It 's much better to look people in the eye and tell them the truth . ’ |
| 7 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 8 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 9 | Just give me its name and tell me the place where I can find it . ’ |
| 10 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 11 | Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ? |
| 12 | when he 's been there a little while perhaps he can come with all the authority of a Euro MP and tell us the answer to his own question er , the honourable member for Ashfield er referred back to the positioning of the European parliament er where it should meet , there are three sites . |
| 13 | Since I had collected a handsome pay-out from Ladbrokes a year earlier with money on Alesi I thought it only fair to 'phone Ken Tyrrell and tell him the odds . |
| 14 | As Ken told John Lahr , author of the official Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears ( Lahr also edited the Orton diaries ) : ‘ He ( Orton ) had this capacity to have a sexual adventure and tell you the conversation that went on as well . |
| 15 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 16 | Ca n't you see that I would be better off with you than going to Elizabeth and telling her the truth ? ’ |
| 17 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |