Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell i [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michelle , who was taking the drug Epilim , said at her home in Whyteleaf , Surrey : ‘ None of them told me about the risk of having a handicapped baby . |
| 2 | ‘ So you told me on the phone . ’ |
| 3 | This is going to be more or less in line with what erm you told me on the phone anyway is n't it ? |
| 4 | Douglas now your background here is mainly erm er retail face to face but I can also read into and what er this and what you told me on the phone that there 's erm quote a lot of sales as well . |
| 5 | Of course , when we were in Bruges you told me about the hypochondriac darling you worked for , but what about before that ? ’ |
| 6 | You told me about the motor . |
| 7 | ‘ And , even when you told me about the break-in , I knew it was n't really that . ’ |
| 8 | Now when I spoke to Mrs on the telephone last night she told me about the work you 've been doing on and I have looked at it and I 'm going to go over it again with you this afternoon because she thought it was very very good work . |
| 9 | It was then that she told me about the hysterectomy . ’ |
| 10 | Before my mother died she told me of a letter to me , held in the bank , which I was to receive on her death . |
| 11 | No , she to she told me on the phone . |
| 12 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 13 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |
| 14 | I 'll give you the dirt , ’ he said , denying the child his treat , ‘ when you tell me about the will . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll trust everything you tell me on the evidence and on my instinct . |
| 16 | ‘ I work two , maybe three , nights a week , ’ she tells me on the way to the flat she shares professionally with Barbara . |
| 17 | John asks , ‘ Why did n't you tell me about the test ? ’ |
| 18 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 19 | Could you tell me about the newt and the Knifefish , and suggest what happened to my disappearing fish ? |
| 20 | Could you tell me about the house , of which you were bombed out ? |
| 21 | Can you tell me about the light fittings that you bought when you first got married . |
| 22 | Sue : I appreciate it 's early days , but what can you tell me about the Workstart Pilots ? |
| 23 | But that 's what I want tomorrow morning we 'll be looking at your preparation tonight on your call and I want I want you to tell me at the end of each why you chose the route you chose right ? |
| 24 | " I want you to tell me about the telephone call this morning , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 25 | But the mystif lovey , I need you to tell me about the mystif . |
| 26 | They told me on the 'phone that you were not wounded . |
| 27 | ‘ They told me at the desk downstairs that you were here . ’ |
| 28 | It 's difficult to explain , but a part of me never really believed I should see her again , even after what they told me at the theatre . |
| 29 | Yes , indeed , they told me at the tabac , the old building had stood until a year or so ago . |
| 30 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |