Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 2 | As someone once told me ‘ The best things to have are memories ; no one can ever take them away from you . ’ |
| 3 | Someone once told me that even breathing the air was the equivalent of smoking twenty cigarettes a day . |
| 4 | Someone once told me , aim high , she says . |
| 5 | Can someone please tell me what are the benefits expected from the current practice of having the relations of murder victims parade their pain on television ? |
| 6 | Can someone please tell me the names of some American poets ! |
| 7 | Ok , using that as an example , labrador , can someone please tell me what I mean by file , field and record ? |
| 8 | Someone even told me there was a place in Durance 's studio at the house where the stuff was left for them . |
| 9 | Someone else told me of a friend who brought her ninety-year-old mother to visit her . |
| 10 | Now someone else told me , and it worked , and if you just lay a piece of kitchen paper over the top , that absorbs some of the moisture |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure you did n't ring me just to tell me that , ’ she replied , in no mood for light-hearted flirtation , try to pin on a brave face though she might . |
| 12 | But somebody so told me aye and I said that was a funny name or was it else 's then . |
| 13 | Ye just tell me where — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Will ye not tell me what it was ye were fighting over ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Somebody once told me that the network was long-distance lorry drivers … ’ ponders Paul . |
| 16 | As Tom MacQueen himself once told me , banks will always lend you an umbrella , when it 's not raining . |
| 17 | But your fresh deputy should be the one who 's giving you the feedback , I mean , all the time I was on provisions in my last department , and nobody ever told me how I was doing . |
| 18 | Wo n't somebody please tell me what 's going on ? ’ she demanded . |
| 19 | Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine . |
| 20 | And I 've , I was , I do n't know if it was Michael or somebody else told me that they would n't insure it . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps I come from a long line of knights and no-one ever told me . |
| 22 | No-one ever tells me anything ! ’ |
| 23 | WOULD N'T YOU RATHER TELL ME AGAIN ? |
| 24 | ‘ No , no , I now rank as an important contact , a senior opinion-former , or so she flatteringly told me . |
| 25 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
| 26 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 27 | Later I asked Mala the original of that unlikely nickname , but she merely told me , with a faint blush , that is was none of my business . |
| 28 | No , she only told me that the other day yeah she is |
| 29 | ‘ Had n't you better tell me what arguments you used to persuade him ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Had n't you better tell me ? ’ |