Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so badly injured that she was able only to tell them her name . |
| 2 | ‘ I was n't , ’ Maggie replied , and went on to tell them her tale . |
| 3 | At 5am the next day , doctors had awoken Mr Taylor and his wife Joanne to tell them their son had had a heart attack and suffered severe brain damage . |
| 4 | You do n't have to tell them your business , but what you do have to say is , I 've got an alarm system , an audible system , so bells only , if you hear it going off can you ring the home station ? |
| 5 | For instance , " Who can be the first to tell me which chapter is about dinosaur eggs ? " and so on . |
| 6 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 7 | You ca n't do , not when you 've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is . |
| 8 | ‘ You were just about to tell me what sort of terrible life Mrs Newbegin has . ’ |
| 9 | Well I do n't yet she 's gon na come round and see me to tell me what sort of job . |
| 10 | We sat down by the fire and he began to tell me his story . |
| 11 | I knew that I had n't been kidding myself when he turned up one evening looking exhausted , miserable and defeated , to tell me his wife had threatened to start divorce proceedings . |
| 12 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 13 | I never gave him a chance to explain — to tell me his side of things . |
| 14 | ‘ Would you be kind enough to tell me your name ? ’ he asked , wriggling while still attempting some semblance of charm and authority . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 16 | Are you trying to tell me your boat 's disappeared , too ? |
| 17 | " Would you like to tell me your version ? " |
| 18 | Do you want to tell me your birthday ? |
| 19 | Do you mean to tell me your mother and father never discussed that last accident with you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , Shelley , and I 'm glad to tell you their removal was nothing at all to do with you . |
| 21 | I will not attempt to tell you what art is — many far more clever people than I am have failed to define it . |
| 22 | I do n't have to tell you what nonsense that is . ’ |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The doctor said , ‘ I am here attending a patient , and I have to tell you her story . |
| 26 | ‘ I am under no obligation to tell you my name , Mr Blake . ’ |
| 27 | That 's why I 'm going to tell you my view of his phone call . |
| 28 | She jus ' said to tell you she jus ' stepped out to step back . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't want to tell you your job , Brownlow , but if anyone can persuade my wife to come home , and be a good man in case of trouble , it 's him . |
| 30 | Ruth began to tell him her dream of Fand , the Drowned Forest , and the Isle of Fincara under the sea . |