Example sentences of "tell [pron] that [det] " in BNC.
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1 | So we did n't tell them that that was what they were doing , I 'm sorry ! |
2 | She did not tell me that many of the children at the school were ill . |
3 | ‘ Or do n't tell me that all those questions about Ryan were simply so that you could track him down and make him pay the money back ? ’ |
4 | Did you not tell me that all the surviving females of the family have fled there , to take refuge from my vengeance ? ’ |
5 | That would sort of tell me that that was the hypotenuse and that was the adjacent . |
6 | other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right |
7 | ‘ You will surely tell me that this universal proposition is true ‘ Every man is a biped ’ … |
8 | Cos otherwise people 'll tell me that this is how this is the correlation coefficient . |
9 | ‘ And he 'll tell you that each of us would-be Marines is one in a million — one in a billion — except for he who sets himself above the rest of his brothers ; and that one is less . ’ |
10 | His career with us ended abruptly when he incurred a nasty knee injury in the game at Watford in the last day of 1938 and was unable to play again that season , so that there are still fans at Selhurst Park who will tell you that that loss cost Palace the single promotion place to Division |
11 | ‘ I need n't tell you that that created a howl of protest from the Russians . |
12 | I can tell you that that this area is not far from the area that was hit last month , also in helicopter raids , by forces . |
13 | At 15 she had once to be carted from the links of Gullane having had too much to drink , but she will tell you that that had nothing to do with the pressures of competition , rather that she was merely going through a rebellious streak . |
14 | However , I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene . |
15 | The increase has outstripped inflation , but any parish priest will tell you that both the number of ‘ bums on pews ’ and the amount they donate are disappointing . |
16 | Well , let me tell you that any reasonably proficient woman can fool a man into thinking — ow ! ’ she yelled as he grasped her shoulders in a painful grip . |
17 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
18 | Or you may return to where you bought an item and the assistant ( who served you last time ) will tell you that this shop has never stocked whatever it is . |
19 | For those new to the C64 , let me tell you that this is the most technically stunning game ever to grace the machine . |
20 | Zurich people will tell you that this is one of Europe 's most elegant shopping streets , and they are probably right . |
21 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
22 | Books which give rules of punctuation will tell you that this is a mistake . |
23 | I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane |
24 | As your needs change and you grow , your inner teacher may tell you that some points need changing on your tape . |
25 | If I can tell you that some of the the erm what I would call direct sales people have said they think they can sell advertising and are now in another direction or still resting |
26 | And I will tell you that some time next week what was the scope of it is . |
27 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
28 | You can tell him that all is forgiven and that I — I want him to come and visit me . ’ |
29 | Fifthly I can tell him that that will pay for over two hundred thousand cataracts operations or over seventy thousand hip operations and sixthly I will ask him to tell me where he would find the money . |
30 | Neither would she tell him that half her anger was against herself because of her delayed reaction to his first humiliating kiss which must have hardened his suspicions of her . |