Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ They say to you that the way to become a really good actor is to tell them everything about yourself , tell them all your fears and insecurities . |
| 2 | So , in the end , I never used to tell them anything about the athletics . |
| 3 | I was n't going to tell them anything about you , but you know what I found out ? |
| 4 | And do n't try to tell me everybody in the class can spell that word . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me something about my sex appeal ? ’ |
| 6 | look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though |
| 7 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ she said , and began to tell me something of her experience as a black girl in a predominantly white city : of the boutique manageress who said to her assistant , ‘ Watch that black girl — they pinch things . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You were going to tell me something of Kirtlington , were you not ? ’ |
| 9 | " Are you at liberty to tell me anything about your case , sir ? " |
| 10 | ‘ Yes … are you allowed to tell me anything about her ? ’ |
| 11 | I have been asked by your Committee to tell you something of Professor Cizek and his School of Arts and Crafts for children in Vienna , reproductions of whose work can be seen exhibited on these walls . |
| 12 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 13 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
| 14 | They almost never do … is this the moment George to tell you something of uttermost Top Secrecy ? ’ |
| 15 | In the pages that follow , I 'll be trying as frankly as possible to tell you something about myself — my childhood in Devon and Cornwall , my days as a newspaper reporter and those as a lance-corporal in the army ( not to mention the occasional hazardous romance in up-market Port Said ! ) and then , since 1961 , my career in television . |
| 16 | To tell you something about the work of other college staff . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you something about Todd that will leave you safe . |
| 18 | Before looking at some of the erm details of those practical programmes I would like to tell you something about the principles upon which his mind worked in approaching practical affairs . |
| 19 | Take time to tell him something about your tastes and lifestyle — and the sort of style you think might suit you . |
| 20 | He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb . |
| 21 | We had to tell him everything about the Stapletons , and he was deeply hurt when he heard the truth about the woman he loved . |
| 22 | She had the feeling that it wanted to reach some sort of understanding with her , to tell her something in its rough , mute animal way . |
| 23 | Thus intuition comes in twice , firstly to tell us general truths to the effect that certain natural characteristics bestow prima facie obligatoriness , and secondly to tell us which of various alternative acts is more stringently obligatory . |
| 24 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 25 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 26 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 27 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |
| 28 | We see how limited these global concepts are , though , when we expect them to tell us something about how children will actually behave . |
| 29 | Finally , do n't forget to tell us something about yourself and why you have chosen this path . |
| 30 | He may be able to tell us something about his passenger . |