Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured suavely , and from then until Mrs Novakova came in to tell them that dinner was ready he engaged her in surface conversation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the reason for why she was there . |
| 2 | Then last night the police called to tell me that Mum , Dad , Pet and Wee Charlie were missing , but that you were safe . |
| 3 | Do n't try to tell me that life is fair . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’ |
| 5 | But there was no applause when he added : ‘ I have to tell you that credit controls simply would n't work . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sure you do n't need me to tell you that vinyl wallcovering shows every defect in the plasterwork , so it was important to butt the different vinyls perfectly to avoid the joints showing through the border . |
| 7 | It was midwinter but one of those strange warm days that seemed to come from nowhere to tell you that spring is n't really far away . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm to tell you that dinner will be at eight , ’ Wendy passed the message cheerily . |
| 9 | ‘ I know it 's difficult to talk , but I do n't have to tell you that time is short . |
| 10 | She wanted to reach out and touch him , to tell him that life could be wonderful . |
| 11 | Our light is to tell him that food is ready for him . |
| 12 | Tate & Lyle 's then head of research , A.J. ‘ Chuck ’ Vlitos , recalls one of the scientists , Riaz Khan , coming to his office in 1970 to tell him that compound number 7702 was ‘ very sweet ’ . |
| 13 | Oh it were to tell him that dinner were ready and there 's this cheeky little mouse sat on top dinner , and he ai n't half eaten it |
| 14 | Before splicing a dozen lagers , I was on the blower to Reg to tell him that hencewith and foreforth he was no longer an employee of Athletico Whaddon . |
| 15 | This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units . |
| 16 | The following day , Dr John Greg of the Medical Research Council tried to tell us that contact with small quantities of dioxins was harmless when he stated in The Independent that 5,000 ppt is a safe level for bleached paper products . |
| 17 | Experiences , they argued , are identical with brain states ; but when someone is conscious of his experiences he is not conscious of his brain as such : it takes modern science to tell us that consciousness is a state of the brain . |
| 18 | Paradise Lost , one might say , exists to tell us that death is a just punishment , and anyway ( see Paradise Regained ) not final . |