Example sentences of "[coord] to tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his review for Vanity Fair Pare Lorentz argued that all the minor characters in I am a Fugitive were caricatures and that the film had been spoilt by the director 's decision to make the fugitive a hero and to tell the story through him rather than making the actual prison system the central focus of the film . |
| 2 | It addresses the needs of those who use public services , extends people 's rights , requires services to set clear standards — and to tell the public how far those standards are met . |
| 3 | How much I owe to his continuing good health , that he should feel able and eager , at eighty-two years of age , to entertain poets and undergraduates and mathematical professors and political thinkers so early in the day , and to tell the anecdote of the Bust with his habitual fervour without too much delaying the advent of buttered toast . |
| 4 | It is difficult in one book to present an adequate account of the nervous system and to tell the reader how an animal actually carries out all the behaviour which it needs to survive and to propagate . |
| 5 | The task required the child to select one of a series of plastic pieces varying in form , size and colour , and to tell the adult which one had been selected so that he could select the identical piece . |
| 6 | Sara had summat wrong with her eyes , and to tell the truth , she was n't pretty at all . |
| 7 | I know it ai n't polite to stare , but she 's doing it to me , and to tell the truth I 'm so tired I ca n't move . |
| 8 | And to tell the truth |
| 9 | It has been serious and to tell the truth I am sick to the teeth of it . |
| 10 | Ideas from object-oriented programming may also help databases to communicate better with the programming languages that modify their data — and to tell the difference between two items which coincidentally have the same characteristics . |
| 11 | It 's pretty cosy , but to tell the truth it ai n't all that comfy . |
| 12 | Peter 's pretty nice , but to tell the truth I like to be with Marie on my own best . |
| 13 | It ai n't like I 'm scared , but to tell the truth , swimming , s a lot harder than I thought . |
| 14 | We had a pretty good time I suppose , but to tell the truth I did n't feel like a party much . |
| 15 | Marie said I could stay in her room , and she left a lot of stuff so it 'd be comfy , but to tell the truth I feel real sad in there on my own . |
| 16 | I said yes , cos I thought I had , but to tell the truth , I ai n't sure now . |
| 17 | I try to like Mr Jackson , but to tell the truth , he ai n't all that friendly . |
| 18 | He used to like me I think , but to tell the truth , I did n't like him much . |
| 19 | But to tell the truth , I was pretty frightened . |
| 20 | I like my straw hat Marie bought me , but to tell the truth it ai n't so warm as a woolly one . |
| 21 | But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer . |