Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [pos pn] [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 | We sat down by the fire and he began to tell me his story . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I never gave him a chance to explain — to tell me his side of things . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you be kind enough to tell me your name ? ’ he asked , wriggling while still attempting some semblance of charm and authority . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 11 | Are you trying to tell me your boat 's disappeared , too ? |
| 12 | " Would you like to tell me your version ? " |
| 13 | Do you want to tell me your birthday ? |
| 14 | Do you mean to tell me your mother and father never discussed that last accident with you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ No , Shelley , and I 'm glad to tell you their removal was nothing at all to do with you . |
| 16 | The doctor said , ‘ I am here attending a patient , and I have to tell you her story . |
| 17 | ‘ I am under no obligation to tell you my name , Mr Blake . ’ |
| 18 | That 's why I 'm going to tell you my view of his phone call . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Ruth began to tell him her dream of Fand , the Drowned Forest , and the Isle of Fincara under the sea . |
| 21 | It did n't take long to tell him my story . |
| 22 | I resolved to tell him my mantra . |
| 23 | I had to tell him my age , of course , although doctors can usually tell . |
| 24 | The ears are senseless that should give us hearing to tell him his commandment is fulfilled , that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead . |
| 25 | His measurements ought to have been enough to tell him his surface was curved — even if he could n't see it . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you that bloody idiot who does golf for the News ? ’ was his opening salvo ; and things got worse when Toby , never able to turn the verbal cheek , even to a large and extremely aggressive drunk , proceeded to tell him his opinion of Scottish golfers in general and of unwelcome Scottish drunks in particular . |
| 27 | And nowadays coaches had lavatories and armchairs and dear little hostesses whom Laura liked to induce to tell her their life stories . |
| 28 | As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead . |
| 29 | Then I offered to tell her my secret if she did n't tell anyone else . |
| 30 | ‘ My homesite was Cape Wrath but before I ever made my first flight a Man came and … ’ and he began to tell her his story , of the Zoo , of the Cages , of the Men there and his sudden escape … only leaving out mention of the other eagles in the Cages for in his heart he knew their pride would ask that he did not mention their names to a free eagle , nor would they wish for pity from outside . |