Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an event enables the senior personnel within your company to meet the leading journalists in the field and to tell them first hand of the company 's plans for the coming year . |
| 2 | Within hours of their arrival , says a WIA team member , holidaymakers were queueing up to tell them horrific tales about thefts , attacks and prostitution on the streets . |
| 3 | Got back safe an safe and sound tt , was able to tell them all school about too , which really must have been an education for those since nobody had left the town , very far , anyway . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Have n't women an intuition that is supposed to tell them these things ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll have to tell them some time . ’ |
| 7 | Cheek to tell me good luck . |
| 8 | Then last night the police called to tell me that Mum , Dad , Pet and Wee Charlie were missing , but that you were safe . |
| 9 | Do n't try to tell me that life is fair . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Bella ; Bella ? — who according to you has slept with half of London — expects you to go through this … this disgusting pantomime in order to get a divorce ? |
| 12 | I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 . |
| 13 | She had to tell me three times before it sunk in . |
| 14 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry I was out when you phoned — Edward did remember to tell me this time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 're going to tell me these nomes fly on them , right ? ’ |
| 17 | Some pink pills or something but there was all sorts you know hat they used to say put your feet in hot in water , mustard and er fall down the stairs or go on a bus , they used to tell you all sorts of things you know to , and er anyway that 's what happened to me . |
| 18 | ‘ I have to tell you one thing . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you one thing , ’ Gog said angrily . |
| 20 | And again , long moments later , he added the qualification : ‘ Though I want to tell you one thing — I know very little about them . ’ |
| 21 | But there was no applause when he added : ‘ I have to tell you that credit controls simply would n't work . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm to tell you that dinner will be at eight , ’ Wendy passed the message cheerily . |
| 25 | ‘ I know it 's difficult to talk , but I do n't have to tell you that time is short . |
| 26 | Yeah , well I 've b t to tell you honest truth , I 've been on th I 've been down that road . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you another story , Ingrid . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Claudia ; Dana was supposed to tell you last night . |
| 29 | I 'd made up my mind that I was going to tell you last night . ’ |
| 30 | I intended to tell you last evening , but what with one thing and another — ’ He released her chin and slid his fingers up the side of her face to cup it . |