Example sentences of "tell i [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 2 | A powerful urge told me to return to the station and get on the train back to Jamila 's place . |
| 3 | When I caught up with Jean-Claude , he told me to return to the cottage alone . |
| 4 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 5 | He told me to look across the moor to a place which was a bright green colour . |
| 6 | ‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 8 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 9 | ’ He told me to write with the head , and not with the heart . |
| 10 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 11 | Francis told me to stay in the cabana while you were there 'cause you were his wife . |
| 12 | ‘ He told me to stay in the house — not to go out . ’ |
| 13 | Maggie tells me to wait in the car . |
| 14 | Please do n't tell me to run in the park like everybody else . |
| 15 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 16 | After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |