Example sentences of "to tell we [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But besides ‘ natures ’ , ‘ essences ’ , or ‘ substantial forms ’ of the various genera and species , there are properties which members of that species universally and permanently have , and it is the aim of ‘ science ’ to tell us why they have them . |
| 2 | When considering points , we have some central mark in the sequence to tell us where we are , and with trajectories we do not . |
| 3 | Now policemen , we used to have to give these blessed people these tickets , and we used to have a book , and they just merely gave name , age , occupation , which was nearly always labourer , where , and they had to tell us where they came from and where they intended going to , and more often that was from Stowmarket to , or the other way round . |
| 4 | There is no attempt here to tell us how we should use words ; instead we get quotations from the work of various women which show how varied and creative definition has been , and how differently certain words appear from a feminist perspective . |
| 5 | It is quite happy to hand the promises out , but not so happy to tell us how they will be financed . |
| 6 | We have also asked schools to try to tell us how they think they are operating and carrying out what they say they are doing . |
| 7 | " Look , Miss , " he said , " my mate and I have got to get down to him , but you reported him , and I 'm afraid you 'll have to tell us how you came to see him . |
| 8 | Erm , I was wondering if you 'd perhaps like to tell us how you 're going to manage your er , your . |
| 9 | Well perhaps you or somebody on the other side might care to tell us how you 're gon na take it from three to three and half , cos I 'll quite happily tell you then how we 'll take it from three and half to four percent , so we welcome that as a step in the right direction . |
| 10 | He is going to tell us how he came to be a Muslim . ’ |