Example sentences of "[vb past] tell [pers pn] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 2 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 3 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 4 | Even if she did tell them the whereabouts of the Grimoire , there was no way they were going to spare her or Julie . |
| 5 | He told the doctors all about how my dad had come back to life in this grey cardigan and had told him the secrets of the universe . |
| 6 | The doctors had told him the truth about his health and , though he was not doomed as a man , it must be the end of his political life . |
| 7 | They were really much more than just bike rides , for Granny , who lived with the family , had told her the story of St. George and given her books about Brownies , and Brenda rode along the country lanes make-believing she was the knight riding to rescue the princess from the dragon . |
| 8 | She was sure he had told her the story of the Moon and the Crocodile when she was a child , but she could n't remember it . |
| 9 | Keeping her voice as detached as possible , she gave her mother a brief — and heavily expurgated — resumé of what Luke had told her the day of their sightseeing trip . |
| 10 | ‘ Ernestine , however , failed to tell me the identity of the guest . |
| 11 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 12 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 13 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |