Example sentences of "be tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 2 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 3 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ From what Superintending Constable Aplin 's been telling me along the way , if we can solve one , we 're likely to find the perpetrator of the other . |
| 5 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 6 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 7 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 8 | She 's told you about the bathing ? ’ |
| 9 | Fairfax turns to me : ‘ The laibon is telling me about the lion hunt in which his brother was injured . ’ |
| 10 | Now as economists we should have strong prides about income in this model , we would all , we would expect income to be very important in explaining textile consumption although the model is telling us at the moment , income does n't seem to be significantly explained in textile consumption so that 's something to worry about , we 're getting some , er sort of peculiar results here . |
| 11 | All I can do is to tell them of the number and variety involved , and point them to some background reading . |
| 12 | And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child . |
| 13 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 14 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 15 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 16 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 17 | Er well Mark remember I was telling you about the boss that the two there the other night they give er a , a wage rise |
| 18 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |