Example sentences of "[noun pl] tell [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as she was bombarded by voices telling her to accept the doctors ' recommendations she discovered that she was pregnant . |
| 2 | Interest rate : Where spreadsheet manuals tell you to insert the interest rate into a formula , you should use the required rate of return per period . |
| 3 | Neighbours told them to ring the hospital . |
| 4 | Some of Hugo 's drunken friends told him to let the hounds chase her , and so he ran from the house and unlocked the dogs . |
| 5 | Your friends told us to follow the piste and we 'd be sure to meet you head on . |
| 6 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |