Example sentences of "you tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , yes , ’ Father Devlin nodded , ‘ so ye told me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Ye told me yerself that ye do n't like it here . ’ |
| 3 | Are ye tellin' us that he 's the one responsible ? ’ |
| 4 | Just ye tell me now , have ye seen that old wooden ship down there in the ice , or no , ? ’ |
| 5 | Ye tell me that , laddie , and it 'd save me an awful lot of time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did ye tell her where I was ? ’ |
| 7 | Are ye telling me ye 'll ever be at home among them ? ’ |
| 8 | If you told them to fuck off , they 'd tell you to fuck off back . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You told them what you did for a living ? ’ |
| 10 | However , from the moment they can talk , they should be encouraged to explain why they have done something you told them not to do and given time to do so , especially when they are still clumsy or slow with words . |
| 11 | You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while . |
| 12 | ‘ You told them what ! ’ |
| 13 | You told them about the tubes in my daughter 's bag … |
| 14 | You told them , you said . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You told them who gave the note to you ? ’ the American lady asked in a tone of high disbelief . |
| 16 | Feelings did n't stop because you told them to ; you could n't just turn them off . |
| 17 | When we finally left the school the return journey home was even worse than the journey to school with pupils being cheeky when you told them to sit down and face the front . |
| 18 | ‘ The uniformed officers said you told them you heard a noise , got out of bed , went to the bathroom and then dialled 999 . |
| 19 | Er , well , they had n't notified me , but they probably , you told them anyway , did you ? |
| 20 | ‘ And you told them — ? ’ |
| 21 | Tell them what you 're going to tell them before you tell them , and then summarise it at the end and tell them what you told them . |
| 22 | ‘ You told them to phone you ! ’ she gasped . |
| 23 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 24 | No I never swore everybody to secrecy but they all know it you cos you told them ! |
| 25 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 26 | But the police would much rather you told them when there 's no |
| 27 | Then especially if you told them you were recording what they said . |
| 28 | So you told them you fell off your bike ? |
| 29 | No good on there , you told them off . |
| 30 | Oh you told them this the other day when we were there ! |