Example sentences of "tell other people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , good point , she did er , give them letters and she told other people to contribute , she erm , she at one stage ask everybody what they , what the record was . |
| 2 | They want to know how or what for , about every thing , then at the end they say ‘ Rubbish ! ’ and they tease and tell other people . |
| 3 | It is vitally important because non-verbal signals tell other people as much about you as what you actually say to them . |
| 4 | He described being n charge of the grass courts at Wimbledon as ‘ the easiest job in the world , ’ adding , ‘ You sit and watch the grass grow , tell other people when to cut it and then watch it grow again . ’ |
| 5 | tell other people the stories as well . |
| 6 | Other signals may be rooted in our own culture or sub-culture — our clothes and our hair styles , for example , tell other people as much about us as what we say and the way we behave . |
| 7 | He does n't work you see — he just sits in an office and tells other people to work . |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't really know what actually goes on in the world , like whether there really is honey : all we really know , and therefore all we can really tell other people , is what we believe goes on in the world . ’ |
| 9 | People would tell other people the story of the woman in Sea House who lived alone with dogs . |
| 10 | Much social behaviour can be observed without too much difficulty and people quite often enjoy talking and telling other people about their interests , so the researcher can often interview people too . |
| 11 | Before having the HIV antibody test , a person should consider the implications of telling other people about the test and its result . |
| 12 | " People are always telling other people to do that kind of thing , " said Clelia , " it must give them a vicarious thrill . |
| 13 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 14 | I hated speaking to large groups of people and normally would have avoided it at all costs , but I found that I had thought so much about this that telling other people was a relief . |
| 15 | Well I do n't think it 's , I do n't think it 's terribly good actually to be able to be telling other people who has already been here , erm |
| 16 | You do , you try doing what you 're telling other people . |
| 17 | Now just in case you think I 'm sinking into the role of a self-righteous preacher , who enjoys telling other people off about their sins , so that he does n't have to bother about his own , |
| 18 | that 's why I was an A&R man for a while , trying to tell other people what to do without realising I should do it myself . ’ |
| 19 | Specialists in linguistics sometimes claim that if non-specialists are asked what the function of language is , they will reply that it is ‘ to send information ’ or ‘ to tell other people your thoughts ’ . |
| 20 | It does n't explain why , when I want to tell other people the truth , I want them to believe what I believe . |
| 21 | When we set out to tell other people the truth by saying things , what we actually do is to say not what we believe , but what we believe we believe — which , as Freud and others have taught us , is n't always the same thing . |
| 22 | ‘ You may suspect that judges share the common human failing of wanting to tell other people what they ought to do to lay down the law . |
| 23 | Apparently she knew enough to tell other people not to worry , but that might mean no more than that she was trying to put a brave face on things . |
| 24 | John has a tendency to tell other people how to cook . |
| 25 | What right does any individual have to tell other people what they should or should n't do ? |