Example sentences of "[verb] tell [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you dare tell her either , Sally , or I 'll kill you ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Okay , Bunny , do tell me why I should n't ask after Ken . ’ |
| 3 | " Do tell me how I can help you . " |
| 4 | Do tell me how you 're going to do it ! |
| 5 | Do tell her how nice she looks , wo n't you ? |
| 6 | But although these figures do tell us how few families had a grandparent in their own home , they can be misleading . |
| 7 | ( Hichens 1904 : 411 ; in Mulder 1937 : 34 ) ( " I dared tell you no more . " ) |
| 8 | ‘ You never did tell me just exactly what you and Marianne had been to each other in the past . ’ |
| 9 | he did tell me though about doing the old pencil in , in here i n't it ? |
| 10 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 11 | Well I presume it 's something like that , do you remember it was an absolute dead loss when we went before erm and we did tell them so . |
| 12 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 13 | I did tell him how much it was I said sixteen pound sixteen pound for Angela . |
| 14 | ‘ I did tell you not to pull any stunts , ’ Jaq reminded her . |
| 15 | I did tell you how old I am , did n't I ? ’ |
| 16 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 17 | Only one journalist , Mr Bruce Anderson , a former colleague , did tell us precisely and consistently what was going to happen . |
| 18 | When we look at the cross it does tell us how much God loves us . |
| 19 | But it does tell you where you have to change trains , the time of the connections and the overall travelling time . |