Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different respondents may use different frames of reference unless we tell them the purpose of the rating procedure . |
| 2 | We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately . |
| 3 | Tell them the company has n't taken a stance at all , that our analysts are still working on it . " |
| 4 | Ring 0800 373240 and tell them the serial number on the back of the machine . |
| 5 | It 's much better to look people in the eye and tell them the truth . ’ |
| 6 | If the Government wo n't believe us when we tell them the truth , maybe they will now believe the people they paid to give them this report . |
| 7 | ‘ Then get down to that church , ’ he said , ‘ and tell them the wedding 's off . ’ |
| 8 | Just tell them the score and invite them to join your cub . |
| 9 | So tell me the cost of a week 's charter . ’ |
| 10 | Tell me the voice of this funny man and you could win a video . |
| 11 | Tell me the secret , ’ she said , ‘ of your approachability . |
| 12 | ‘ Pray tell me the rest , my lord — I would hear all . ’ |
| 13 | Tell me the whole of it , and if you have done ill , you shall hear of it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Tell me the law , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Tell me the story , ’ she said gently , and then , with a harder edge , ‘ All of it . ’ |
| 16 | TOM : Tell me the story again . |
| 17 | Tell me the story of the Queen of Sheba . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me the name , John . |
| 19 | Tell me the name , I said . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell me the name of this book . ’ |
| 21 | Tell me the name of your first girl-friend ! |
| 22 | I give you the input and you tell me the answer . |
| 23 | Tell me the baby is n't yours . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Now tell me the library gossip , ’ said Miss Grimes . |
| 25 | Tell me the difference again . |
| 26 | Tell me the difference between a volt meter and an amp meter ? |
| 27 | Yeah tell me the sequence of your jobs then , you started off you were a messenger at Helliwells and then what did you do ? |
| 28 | If it 's s something like that and they tell me the amount of furniture and if two thirds of the van will be filled with big stuff , and then they tell me there 'll be half a dozen boxes , I assume there 'll be at least four times that number of boxes , and if it 's still going to go on , we 'll do it . |
| 29 | Now , tell me the news . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Tell me the news , ’ she said , pulling herself together . |