Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spokesmen were asked to thank the men , but to tell them that a shutdown which destroyed the grid would be too disastrous for the country . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're not seriously going to tell me that a relationship like that just ends , when the guy still meets your mother every few weeks or so ? ’ |
| 3 | Later Seddon telephoned to tell me that a young man — actually a volunteer from the Metropolitan police — had duly appeared at Southend , and had been remanded for a week . |
| 4 | I 'm sure that there are hundreds of dealers getting ready to write me letters at this point to tell me that a satisfied customer is more important than a sale . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most telling sentence in the book is ‘ Remember , your own doctor or chemist may not always be able to tell you whether a drug contains a banned substance . ’ |
| 6 | But I have to tell you that a man such as Niccolò needs sons less than he needs marriage , and needs a woman at present not at all . |
| 7 | I have to tell you that a woman is following me around New York . |
| 8 | A report is then provided on screen to tell you if a virus was found . |
| 9 | A report is then provided on screen to tell you if a virus was found . |
| 10 | I would hate to have to tell him that a new type of gentleman has taken over the clubs and boardrooms , a man who does not consider dishonesty the property of the criminal classes and who , moreover , believes that the notion of the gentleman is negotiable . |