Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] what [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 2 | You ca n't do , not when you 've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is . |
| 3 | ‘ You were just about to tell me what sort of terrible life Mrs Newbegin has . ’ |
| 4 | Well I do n't yet she 's gon na come round and see me to tell me what sort of job . |
| 5 | I will not attempt to tell you what art is — many far more clever people than I am have failed to define it . |
| 6 | I do n't have to tell you what nonsense that is . ’ |
| 7 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 8 | There are no screen credits at the beginnings of dreams to tell you what sort of film you are going to see , but there might as well have been in these nightmares , because the tenor , horror or guilt is excruciatingly present before the first scenes have even been played . |
| 9 | I called Pat to tell him what sort of response we 'd had and he was thrilled . |
| 10 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , yes — if only to tell him what pleasure his music and his guitar have brought me . ’ |
| 12 | And I was supposed to phone my dad to tell him what time I was playing racquet . |
| 13 | they do n't want to have some er official or or some management consultant who 's eager to get a job and get extra money paid for him by a dumb government department , if those people are going to tell us what sort of people we want on that on police authorities , I think it is total insolence and I trust that whatever happens to this Bill that that answer that was given on the 17th of January is removed and replaced by something else , if it has to be replaced at all . |
| 14 | Do you want to tell us what interest there was . |
| 15 | So would somebody from Group A like to tell us what Group B press release was about . |
| 16 | Until now , we have had to rely on casual contacts with groups , annual reports and occasional documents , in order to tell us what Age Concern groups are doing . |