Example sentences of "to tell [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teacher : Try to tell about the story you have read . |
| 2 | If , as now seems certain , that is not possible , then Flushing Meadow , where every regular tennis journalist has his own horror story to tell about the failures of the elevators which carry them to the Press Box in the sky , will remain ‘ the place we love to hate ’ . |
| 3 | At last week 's meeting members took a trip down memory lane with Ron Beach , who had many fascinating stories to tell about the village — and he also prompted a few reminiscences from others who had tales to tell . |
| 4 | John has some mysterious tales to tell about the castle : ‘ Visitors often say that they can smell newly-baked bread in the drawing room in the eastern tower . |
| 5 | Probably she would have a good few stories to tell about the world they had come from . |
| 6 | She wanted to tell of the flogging he 'd had , not in far off Jamaica , but here in England , but the forbidding frown and her own instinctive suspicion of strangers kept her silent . |
| 7 | I feel we need a poet to tell of the contribution made to our Christian Aid Week by those who stay at home and bake so that the baking stall can be kept so magnificently supplied every day . |
| 8 | Last night her sister Lucy , 21 , emerged from a tearful reunion to tell of the ordeal . |
| 9 | Even the great spread of inter-war surburban houses , such as those which line the Kingston by-pass in Surrey , have a fascinating story to tell of the growth of such areas if we are prepared to look at them properly . |
| 10 | All of us , I am sure , have tales to tell of the anguish and alienation that exists between parents and children . |
| 11 | And not only are the replicas a lot cheaper , but they 're almost impossible to tell from the originals . |
| 12 | Oddly , it is impossible to tell from the dance movements whether you are rewinding or forwarding . ) |
| 13 | Thirdly , it is often impossible to tell from the inventory whether a person was poor or whether he was living in comfortable retirement , having already passed on most of his estate to his children ; a yeoman with very few possessions is likely to have been in the latter category . |
| 14 | Actually , with some cards , for example cards 10 and 12 , it 's hard to tell from the result whether it 's the background or pattern colour that 's changing . |
| 15 | Other places were also hit savagely from time to time , but it is often difficult to tell from the registers which particular disease was responsible for an unusually high number of deaths . |
| 16 | Well , should apologize , I suppose , but difficult to tell in the circumstances . ’ |
| 17 | Now the camera begins to move down her body , over her breasts , which are lightly beaded ( and quite widely separated ) although it is hard to tell in the chiaroscuro created , as we are soon to find out , by the shutters of the apartment . |
| 18 | As in all these cases , there is another side to the story , which Hook Harris partner Gaynor Harris is keen to tell in the hope that other firms facing financial difficulties will benefit from it . |
| 19 | She was sure he was the handsomest man she had ever seen , but it was hard to tell in the shadows . |
| 20 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 21 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE ZOO |
| 22 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 23 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE DOCTOR 'S |
| 24 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE |
| 25 | I had to tell at the table . |