Example sentences of "[adv] to tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have already seen that a murder is necessary in a detective story , if only to tell the reader that this is something worth attention . |
| 2 | The flash has to have a manual override to be useful , as it will serve only to tell the operator when a photograph has been taken . |
| 3 | The moment teachers feel safe enough to tell the truth ( which is often anywhere but in their own staffrooms ) , they rush to unburden themselves of feelings and symptoms such as those which I have described , and are surprised and relieved that other people are feeling the same way . |
| 4 | Then Bower-bird spread his wings and flew away to tell the world the news of the downfall of Cassowary . |
| 5 | Such a visit should involve talking to personnel to try and understand something of their jobs and to work out how best to tell the story in visual form . |
| 6 | The problem at first was how best to tell the world about the find . |
| 7 | He was , after all , a man who had seen the enemy and come home to tell the tale . |
| 8 | I am pleased also to tell the House that the United Kingdom is sending £20 million worth of animal feed aid to St. Petersburg so that livestock need not be slaughtered this winter . |
| 9 | The sleeve artwork was directly ripped from the infamous Manson/ Life magazine front cover , altered slightly to tell the Family 's side of the story . |
| 10 | I ai n't feeling all that well to tell the truth . |
| 11 | Will my right hon. Friend find time today to tell the House of the decision made yesterday to restore to Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia the gold deposited for safe keeping in the Bank of England but misappropriated by the then Labour Government with the support in the Division Lobby of the leader and Chief Whip of the Liberal party at that time ? |
| 12 | Had my time over again and I , I 'm still living here to tell the story , they know |
| 13 | ‘ Well , if you had n't , you would not be here to tell the tale , Miss Thorne ? ‘ |
| 14 | But for a combination of quick thinking , good luck and the skill of medical staff , neither would be here to tell the tale . |
| 15 | The Nez Perce raised a white flag , and Bird Alighting , accompanied by an old man named Kalowet , rode out again to tell the soldiers : ‘ Leave us alone . |
| 16 | If he drew a positive result from his questions , he would have something else to tell the policeman , as well as the manner in which he believed the victims had been killed . |
| 17 | As the transporter approached the dead end without slowing , Bernice remembered that she had something else to tell the Doctor . |
| 18 | I had to go upstairs to tell the woman above that I was using the bathroom , because if she walked about above , the plaster fell off . |
| 19 | As for going to church , why , I ca n't afford it , — besides to tell the truth , I do n't like it well enough . |