Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We 'll be able to tell them the date though wo n't we ? |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | She broke off , unaccountably reluctant to tell them the rest , although she had made no secret of it in London . |
| 5 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the killing of L/ Cpl Edwards was being treated as murder . |
| 6 | You 've got to tell them the truth ! ’ |
| 7 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the shooting was being treated as murder . |
| 8 | Most tournament players throw up blades of grass to tell them the wind direction and strength , which is ideal to copy . |
| 9 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 10 | She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window . |
| 11 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 12 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 15 | ‘ Ernestine , however , failed to tell me the identity of the guest . |
| 16 | ‘ You wo n't be able to tell me the height of the Sistine Chapel ? ’ |
| 17 | ( 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 ’ . ) ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 20 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've got to tell me the truth . |
| 21 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 22 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 23 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 24 | ‘ It would be sensible to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 25 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
| 26 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 27 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 28 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 30 | Here I lie , about to tell you the legend of the Other Side . |