Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] tell i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never mind , you 'll only tell me and I do n't want to know . |
| 2 | I mean , I can manage if you 'll just tell me where everything is . ’ |
| 3 | Then hurriedly , ‘ If you 'll just tell me where it is I can manage with the crutch . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you 'll just tell me where it is I can manage by myself , thank you . ’ |
| 5 | They 'll usually tell me what 's wrong — and them I have to decide what to do about the problem . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But perhaps you 'd rather tell me later — in my suite . |
| 7 | She could only tell me that Wesley 's father had left home when he was about six years old , that his mother had remarried and the boy now lived with her and his stepfather . |
| 8 | Perhaps you 'd just tell me the details , and I 'll make one or two notes . |
| 9 | Besides , he 'd just tell me that having a tower around was bad for business . |
| 10 | If she did n't like it she 'd just tell me to say to him , ‘ I did n't have time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And I 'd be grateful if you 'd just tell me without the need to shake it out of you . ’ |
| 12 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 13 | If you would just tell me , just tell me what you know . |
| 14 | Phil would soon tell me . |
| 15 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 16 | Ellen would doubtless tell me that the senator was trying to turn an electoral liability into an advantage , meaning that if he could parade his cured children in front of the electorate he could then pose as both a noble parent and as an expert on drugs , but I preferred to ignore that imagined cynicism , choosing a different reservation . |
| 17 | ‘ MI5 and MI6 will just tell me to piss off . |
| 18 | Nobody will ever tell me Strachan should nt be 1st name on the team sheet when he s playing as he is. there s no point arguing the toss because you obviously feel different . |
| 19 | You will probably tell me that you never had 1,000 farthings of your own in the world , but , prisoner , that makes no difference . |
| 20 | Someone will probably tell me of the almost incredible persistence of the Karroo sandstones of southern and eastern Africa , or the Nubian sandstones across North Africa into the Middle East , or the Dakota Sandstone in the American West . |
| 21 | ‘ You will now tell me about your mission , ’ he commanded harshly . |
| 22 | ‘ You will surely tell me that this universal proposition is true ‘ Every man is a biped ’ … |
| 23 | He can only tell me to eff off . |
| 24 | I do n't see how you can fucking tell me barefaced lies like that ! |
| 25 | And all the guy can really tell me is , ‘ We do n't want to have porn ’ ’ |
| 26 | You can either tell me what I want to know , or I 'll have you arrested , instantly , for fraud and robbery . |