Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] what [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response was that we do not get involved in trying i in to get foreign administrations to try to tell them what decisions they should make . |
| 2 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |
| 3 | Again answering no , I apologised but asked them to tell me what objection they had . |
| 4 | I am puzzling over the dot matrix display board that 's trying to tell me what trains are coming my way . |
| 5 | You ca n't do , not when you 've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is . |
| 6 | Who wants to tell me what Johnson is saying about the , of Johnsonian comedy ? |
| 7 | ‘ You were just about to tell me what sort of terrible life Mrs Newbegin has . ’ |
| 8 | Well I do n't yet she 's gon na come round and see me to tell me what sort of job . |
| 9 | I will not attempt to tell you what art is — many far more clever people than I am have failed to define it . |
| 10 | I do n't have to tell you what nonsense that is . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ To tell you what Penver had arranged about the business ; you said you wanted to know . ’ |
| 12 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 13 | There is no capital city for pilgrims , no head office in a worldwide church , no head priest to tell you what teachings you must follow . |
| 14 | There are no screen credits at the beginnings of dreams to tell you what sort of film you are going to see , but there might as well have been in these nightmares , because the tenor , horror or guilt is excruciatingly present before the first scenes have even been played . |
| 15 | Secondly , to tell you what Beatrix really sent me . |
| 16 | I called Pat to tell him what sort of response we 'd had and he was thrilled . |
| 17 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes — if only to tell him what pleasure his music and his guitar have brought me . ’ |
| 19 | For a moment she 'd been tempted to tell him what Celia had said . |
| 20 | And I was supposed to phone my dad to tell him what time I was playing racquet . |
| 21 | ‘ Our five-point charter covers provision , access , hygiene , design and facilities for parents , ’ she says , ‘ and we want people to tell us what improvements they 'd like . ’ |
| 22 | they do n't want to have some er official or or some management consultant who 's eager to get a job and get extra money paid for him by a dumb government department , if those people are going to tell us what sort of people we want on that on police authorities , I think it is total insolence and I trust that whatever happens to this Bill that that answer that was given on the 17th of January is removed and replaced by something else , if it has to be replaced at all . |
| 23 | Do you want to tell us what interest there was . |
| 24 | ‘ Did she know the statistics ? ’ began the poet injuriously , longing to tell us what Sissy Jupe in Hard Times appropriately called the ‘ stutterings . ’ |
| 25 | So would somebody from Group A like to tell us what Group B press release was about . |
| 26 | Until now , we have had to rely on casual contacts with groups , annual reports and occasional documents , in order to tell us what Age Concern groups are doing . |