Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] [vb mod] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | This activity was something she was the most proud of , one of the first things she would tell new friends about her work . |
| 2 | And er you know , the different er things they can tell you just how l old a thing th And then I think they were the sort of the fashion Er you know they were first in the fashion trade to introduce these sort of things you know . |
| 3 | The things he could tell you about her would make your hair curl . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 've lost hope , and the only thing I can tell you is that if you hang on hope will come back , and you must n't do anything until it does . ’ |
| 5 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 6 | There is only one thing I can tell you of these totems . |
| 7 | Well there 's er one thing I can tell you right now that I would not personally be involved with a company that did not have erm a backing . |
| 8 | But one thing I can tell you about Port Vale , the ground has vastly changed from last season , the terracing 's been improved , their seating , it 's pure luxury apart from the press box , because I still have to climb that suspect wooden ladder , and perched on top of the main stand is a shed where I 'm speaking to you from Jane . |
| 9 | On the Callanish moorland there are not many features , except for one thing I will tell you about soon . |
| 10 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 11 | If there 's just one thing you can tell me , one clue to how they think — ’ |
| 12 | Sue : Finally , is there any thing you can tell us about the Business Start Up Scheme and the TEC Challenge ? |
| 13 | He still looked a bit dubious and David said , ‘ One thing you can tell Len , something I forgot , was that I made enquiries today about his parrot and it appears that if he does go to Conway House he 'll be able to take the parrot with him . |
| 14 | Won thing we should tell you is that last summer Benitses sold out fast . |
| 15 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |