Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 2 | She told me to hang on a bit , and then I was talking to this David Kendrew bloke — the one on the programme — the one Mum 's always on about . |
| 3 | Peter owned London Postal Services , and he offered me £5000 and told me to put together a package . |
| 4 | When our children say , as they all do , ‘ but my friends are all doing this ’ , parents invariably say , smartly , ‘ and if they told you to jump off a cliff , would you ? ’ |
| 5 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 6 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 7 | He knew about them investigations , that I was being watched , and he could have told me to slow down a bit . |
| 8 | This command tells it to set up a storage area called Employees and to allocate space for Employee Number , Name , Department and any other items specified . |
| 9 | ‘ Intimidation is his game , and at one stage I had to tell him to calm down a bit . ’ |
| 10 | Wright lost his infamous temper , picked up a booking and Monkou said : ‘ Intimidation is his game and at one stage I had to tell him to calm down a bit . ’ |