Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Runciman was not interested and Hughes told them he was busy turning round his company , which had temporarily bombed — an ideal qualification in retrospect . |
2 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
3 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
4 | He told me there was one thing which had deeply troubled him throughout his life , and that was refusing to acknowledge you when you were in trouble . |
5 | ‘ She told me there was this letter from Stan , questioning my loyalty to Barnet and my commitment to the club . |
6 | One night , the wife pointed casually to a cupboard and told me there were some back issues of Cosmopolitan there if I wanted to look . |
7 | I told you there were mini roast potatoes . |
8 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |
9 | They gave us six piasters and told us it was advance pay for work on a rubber plantation not far away . |
10 | I had n't told her he was five foot two — she might n't have believed he was romantic anyway . |
11 | My friends tell me he 's military attaché at the Brit Embassy here . ’ |
12 | I tell you what 's nice stuffing if they have it in Ulster Paula , is the chestnut one |
13 | Tell you there 's one person I would n't miss . |
14 | I tell him it 's another shooter , and he gives so little reaction I think he believes it . |
15 | I said it , I said it 's good news and she rushed off , he comes out tomorrow if er I said , I said I shouted as your friend ran off , I shouted tell her it 's good news ! |
16 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
17 | " From what he tells me there is abundant reason for a special audit , and my own work will be perfectly genuine . |
18 | and you ca n't tell me it 's stopped smoking |
19 | ( 68 ) Look at me , Sir , and dare tell me there is any reason why I should take your word . |
20 | With every other team apart from Norwich failing , Chelsea now lie fourth in the Premier League but any success-starved Blues fan will tell you they 're equal second . |
21 | Then I shall I tell you it 's spoken English . |
22 | You can tell her it 's good news , do n't worry her ! |
23 | As he has written , ‘ I steeled myself to drive that fast lap in 1975 although my brain kept telling me it was sheer stupidity . |
24 | Parents can often be experts at telling their children what is naughty behaviour but not necessarily at telling them what is good behaviour . |
25 | ‘ Though I 've got to tell you there 's some gossip going around about the cousin you 've got staying . ’ |
26 | A muslim woman tricked into an arranged marriage has managed to phone her ex-boyfriend in Swindon , to tell him there 's little chance of her coming home . |
27 | I did n't feel I was able to tell her I was pregnant right from the start . |