Example sentences of "tell [pron] you [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in . |
| 2 | ‘ I remember once when we were children , ’ he said , You told me you would never marry . |
| 3 | ‘ You told me you ca n't afford to start your own stud yet , and so what would you do if you did go home ? |
| 4 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 5 | All right , my silence was a mistake , ’ she said hastily , when he frowned , ‘ but when I told you you might not have accepted that Thomas is yours . ’ |
| 6 | See , he said , I told you you should n't have come this way . |
| 7 | He said mildly , ‘ I always told you you should n't have given up dancing . ’ |
| 8 | But I told him you would n't tell a soul . ’ |
| 9 | I told him you would n't like it if you found out , but he said — ’ |
| 10 | I told him you would not let things rest and would look for me . |
| 11 | I told him you must n't do that again |
| 12 | I told her you wo n't defeat me . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , she told us you could n't do much 'cos of yer sprain , ’ said Linda . |
| 14 | They said you 'd told them you 'd never sell , no matter how much was offered . ’ |
| 15 | When I saw Maria Luisa 's distress at the window I thought it was all over for him and … and when you opened the door looking so terrible yourself I thought you had told her you would n't give her custody of the baby . |
| 16 | How many times have you told yourself you could not do something but when you ultimately faced up and had a go , to your amazement you succeeded . |
| 17 | They come down then and says , ‘ Who 's broken my window ? ’ and I used to say : ‘ Yes , I broke the bloody window — go in the station and tell them you would n't put the light out , ’ and they got a summons on top of it . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell them you will not harm them . ’ |
| 19 | They tell me you 'd never know it was there … . ’ |
| 20 | They tell you you 'll never have to iron their shirts . |
| 21 | Tell him you ca n't see the physical resemblance ? |
| 22 | They 'd tell you they would n't do your job , and you 'd tell them you would n't do theirs ! |
| 23 | Do n't tell me you ca n't jump above the water . ’ |
| 24 | Try it , and do n't tell me you 'd rather die . ’ |
| 25 | Did you tell her you 'd rather have him yourself did you |
| 26 | Harry said you 'd told him you loved him , but only a fortnight ago you sat here telling me you might well go to Jamaica with Dunbar . ’ |
| 27 | But I keep telling her you ca n't take it with you . |
| 28 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 29 | And now you have the gall to tell me you wo n't pay our monthly account . ’ |