Example sentences of "tell each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They appeared in buoyant spirits , and seemed to be telling each other jokes . |
| 32 | They spent the whole round telling each other jokes . |
| 33 | The women sit in circles talking , they are passing telegrams along battle lines , telling each other stories that will not put them to sleep , recognising allies under the disguise of femininity , no longer smuggling ammunition over back garden walls . |
| 34 | They sit staring into the sun and telling each other stories . |
| 35 | They were married on 1 April , 1985 at the Chelsea Registry Office after nearly fifteen years of telling each other their problems with other relationships . |
| 36 | They had begun to walk through the woods towards the sea ; two lovers out for a stroll , telling each other everything . |
| 37 | So they sat around , then , in deckchairs , waiting to scramble , telling each other bad jokes , and saying things like : ‘ Old Bill Ponsonby pranged the jolly old kite , today . ’ |
| 38 | Now everybody starts chattering and telling each other what they already know . |
| 39 | They had so much to tell each other ; it was their day . |
| 40 | Nor would a third person enjoy as much as we did the dreams we liked to tell each other . |
| 41 | Benny and Eve used to tell each other in fits of laughter that he spent hours in his little room above the shop pressing all his ambitions into the suit with a damp cloth . |
| 42 | Unless , that is , two groups happen to tell each other and it turns out that both have had the same or similar experiences . |
| 43 | But he says that when his grandfather and his grandfather 's brother were starting the Store and stayed late every night to do the office work , they used to hear sounds in the walls and they used to tell each other there were little Store people . |
| 44 | We have promised to tell each other if the doctors refuse to . |
| 45 | … to tell each other stories about cannibals and cowboys , path finders , volcanoes and African mirages . |
| 46 | Let's take it in tun to tell each other about our families , our interests and hobbies and things like that . |
| 47 | And what you will have to do , you will have to tell each other what you would like to buy or what you would think of . |
| 48 | At present , if you want to stop receiving sales calls , it 's up to you to tell each company which contacts you not to bother you in future . |
| 49 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |