Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell they [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay .
2 Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal .
3 Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it .
4 So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … .
5 I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April !
6 I tell them of a babysitting job I had when I was 12 .
7 on on discussions on the basis of what I tell them on the phone .
8 She told them about the visit of Father Devlin and Malachi Drennan ; of how Malachi had asked for Una 's hand in marriage ; of how he had offered to sell seventy acres of his best land to their father if the marriage took place .
9 ‘ I think he 'd like to be Pope , ’ she told them with a sort of weary insight .
10 And that 's why we tell them and there are some other things you tell them on the phone of course which you 'll find out about on the training school .
11 So you tell them about the thirty five percent you tell them about the banker 's order that will need signing .
12 ‘ But you tell them about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ . ’
13 How often have you heard parents say , ‘ Nobody took us seriously when we told them about the problem ? ’
14 Whatever we tell them on the phone is always per annum and we have to be .
15 He told them of the product launches during the year , Cruzcampo 's success at the Expo event in Spain , and the development of the new staff restaurant to replace the old canteen .
16 Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter .
17 He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver .
18 He told them about the Thing , and space , and the Ship in the sky .
19 He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard .
20 ‘ I figured you 'd want to get out of those city clothes straight away , ’ he told them with a grin .
21 He tells them of a tale he has heard , of how a monster called Grendel has killed many of Earl Hrothgar 's people .
22 What does it tell them about the product ?
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