Example sentences of "[verb] to tell [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for what I want from you , I hardly think this is the time or place to tell you that . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've come to tell you that . |
| 3 | ‘ You promised to tell me all about it . |
| 4 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 5 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 6 | she wants to tell us all about her wedding |
| 7 | He also has the rather unenviable job of being the go-between between the leadership and us , which means he has to tell us any things which ‘ are not done ’ ( for example that I ill-advisedly introduced Confucius into one of my examples ) , and also has to clear any demands we make with the leadership . |
| 8 | When you first have eye to eye contact everything is new , splendid , you want to do the very best for each other , you want to look your best , you want to tell them all the good things and eventually you get married . |
| 9 | Well you want to tell him that |
| 10 | I want to tell you that personally . |
| 11 | And now that you have come back I want to tell you that . |
| 12 | And again , long moments later , he added the qualification : ‘ Though I want to tell you one thing — I know very little about them . ’ |
| 13 | Some of the horror stories that I hear are horrendous , but I want to tell you three issues that I do actually know about . |
| 14 | ‘ I tried to tell her that , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The following day , Dr John Greg of the Medical Research Council tried to tell us that contact with small quantities of dioxins was harmless when he stated in The Independent that 5,000 ppt is a safe level for bleached paper products . |
| 16 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 17 | He did n't need to tell her that . |
| 18 | I do n't need to tell him this because I am clutching them upright in my hand . |
| 19 | Needs handling carefully , but I do n't need to tell you that . |
| 20 | She 's a very sensitive girl — but I do n't need to tell you that , Seb . |
| 21 | He may not choose to tell us all he knows … . |
| 22 | Because you are new in the Opera House , I am writing to tell you some important things . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I could n't begin to tell you all that 's wrong with me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry I was out when you phoned — Edward did remember to tell me this time . ’ |
| 25 | You 've got to tell me that . ’ |
| 26 | If you say if you do n't think this is for you you 've got to tell me that . |
| 27 | If war broke out he 'd have to join his father 's regiment , but he was n't going to tell her that . |
| 28 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 29 | I 'm going to tell her this minute what I 've decided . |
| 30 | Now you 're going to tell me all about your experiences in the police are n't you ? |