Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you imagine , you know a teacher , I thought I had to tell them every minute detail of these plans . |
| 2 | To tell them a subject what 's the next step I 've got ta do ? |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you would like to tell them a story , ’ said the aunt . |
| 4 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 5 | Face to face meetings with parents and others is usually the best way to communicate but meeting two hundred or so parents on an individual basis to tell them the date of sports day is n't a practical or worthwhile activity . |
| 6 | We 'll be able to tell them the date though wo n't we ? |
| 7 | As the New Republic succinctly put it , ‘ Kids tempted by crack do n't need the New Republic to tell them the drug is n't invariably fatal . ’ |
| 8 | She broke off , unaccountably reluctant to tell them the rest , although she had made no secret of it in London . |
| 9 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the killing of L/ Cpl Edwards was being treated as murder . |
| 10 | You 've got to tell them the truth ! ’ |
| 11 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the shooting was being treated as murder . |
| 12 | Most tournament players throw up blades of grass to tell them the wind direction and strength , which is ideal to copy . |
| 13 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 14 | MR RICHARDS : First of all I d like you to tell me a bit about what you 've been doing . |
| 15 | On the morning of the fifteenth of January , Bessie rushed up to my room , to tell me a visitor wanted to see me . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me a thing , ’ he said firmly , and she felt a rush of grateful affection . |
| 17 | ‘ This is one of my favourite shows , so if you 're going to tell me a bunch of big lies about what happened to your legs , well , I 'll just go back to watching my show . ’ |
| 18 | And although his father said : ‘ lt was thet boy o' mine ! ’ , the bent drill-furrow was always a source of leg-pulling between the two friendly rivals : ‘ You 're not a ‘ going to tell me a tale like thet , Walter Cater . |
| 19 | During the afternoon drinking in Barcelona , I ask him to tell me a joke . |
| 20 | Some of them remained behind to tell me a length how the object was a perfect focus for their festival that was being held in memory of one of their multi-armed folk heroes . |
| 21 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 22 | She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window . |
| 23 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 24 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 25 | Still , I managed to get her to tell me the name of the hospital , and then I spent my entire lunchtime talking to the doctors there who treated Ryan . |
| 26 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 27 | ‘ Ernestine , however , failed to tell me the identity of the guest . |
| 28 | ‘ You wo n't be able to tell me the height of the Sistine Chapel ? ’ |
| 29 | ( For instance , one veteran listed a pair of jogging shoes left behind on the islands among his painful memories : another recalled a letter he wrote to his girlfriend from the trenches , asking her to tell me the truth , if she did n't love me any more or was going out with another boy ’ . ) ’ |
| 30 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |