Example sentences of "tell to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would make it up as she went along — like a story told to a child at bedtime ; like a clever lie that relies as much on the truth as on deception . |
| 2 | The story of how the convalescent David Stirling got his proposal into the hands of General Auchinleck was told to the journalist Virginia Cowles in 1958 , and is based on Stirling 's memory of events not too long after they occurred . |
| 3 | The vehicles must be varied in appearance , the destination told to the driver in code as he leaves the depot — by you or me . |
| 4 | Tradition criticism attempts to trace the development of a biblical story or tradition from the time it was first told to the time it was written down . |
| 5 | But perhaps for the particular plot you have arrived at , the particular murder you have in mind , a good deal will have to be told to the reader about pre-murder events . |
| 6 | This is the story of Firdaus — as told to the author in the condemned cell of a prison in Cairo . |
| 7 | Er we we have we just make sure that everything is told to the prospect on the phone . |
| 8 | Many things are told to the reader throughout the novel through conversation or through reading something such as the reading of the tombstone which tells us of the death of Pip 's parents . |
| 9 | Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe . |
| 10 | ‘ There will be changes in company structure in the autumn ’ , ‘ Yes , Jane mentioned you were feeling a little under par at the meeting ’ , ‘ Watch your back with him ’ and , as told to an actor post-performance in the dressing room by a friend and rival , ‘ What about you , then ? ’ |
| 11 | Tell me as much as you can tell to a maiden aunt , and let's see what can be done . " |
| 12 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |