Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do you tell them that smoking is banned on the Underground ? |
2 | The round dance does not tell the recruits the direction to food , but it does tell them that food is nearby . |
3 | We 'll make the poor Weavers work at a low rate ; We 'll find fault where there 's no fault , and so we will bate ; If trading goes dead , we will presently show it ; But if it grows bad , they shall never know it ; We 'll tell them that cloth beyond sea will not go , We care not whether we keep clothing or no . |
4 | He would tell them some story — precisely what , he had not decided — and in due course they would check and discover its falsehood . |
5 | And do n't , ’ she said with sudden vehemence , ‘ do n't tell me that suffering is part of the Almighty package . ’ |
6 | Do n't ever tell me that Love 's dimpled pander does n't earn his pesetas . |
7 | and , er , ah but you spoke to Catherine on the phone and I was out , and you did n't tell me that part , and erm |
8 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
9 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |
10 | Ca can you tell me another thing about the abortions , do you know erm if , of course abortion was illegal then , do you |
11 | She did tell me some things in her letters , but not enough . |
12 | Yo go on you can tell me this joke and then you can finish . |
13 | Why do you tell me those things ? |
14 | ‘ No — I do n't want you to leave , but I would like to know why you did n't tell me these things when you first arrived . ’ |
15 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
16 | Do n't tell me any secrets will you ? |
17 | Erm Can you show can you tell me any ways in which you I presume you know about Mother Theresa you know quite a bit about her life do you ? |
18 | So can you g tell me any numbers that you could any two numbers you could multiply together to make twelve . |
19 | ‘ She 'll tell you all sorts . |
20 | ‘ Do n't you listen to Woil , 'cos given half a chance he 'll tell you all sorts of nonsense that no eagle should listen to , ’ Kraal said when Woil first started talking like this after Creggan 's arrival . |
21 | I know people in this sort of line of business who will sit here and tell you all sorts of |
22 | ASK any hard-headed financier , and he will tell you that debt relief never works : public money given to help struggling debtor nations will end up in the hands of the lenders — the banks whose over-readiness to lend helped to land the debtors in trouble in the first place . |
23 | Did I tell you that Mark 's . |
24 | It 's also double-bound in white plastic , which should tell you that Fender have simplified production by using the exact same bodies you 'd find on the ‘ 62 rosewood-neck reissues . |
25 | Did I tell you that story ? |
26 | ‘ Well , I might tell you that Uncle follows a pattern that was forced upon him . |
27 | You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see . |
28 | Experiment with the colour — I will tell you that white gives extra body to your colour , extra covering power . |
29 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
30 | Any good old-fashioned butcher will tell you that beef and lamb must be hung , in a cold store , for at least a week to 10 days . |