Example sentences of "we tell [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 2 | If the Government wo n't believe us when we tell them the truth , maybe they will now believe the people they paid to give them this report . |
| 3 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 4 | We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately . |
| 5 | Different respondents may use different frames of reference unless we tell them the purpose of the rating procedure . |
| 6 | Because — as you may not be entirely surprised to hear-How the Sage Saved the Bride from the Dybbuk is one of the best-loved tales in the Limnititzker lore ; we tell it every year , with several other old favourites , on the anniversary of the great Wonder-Rabbi 's death . |