Example sentences of "[adv] tell me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So tell me more about this job in er Manchester . |
| 2 | ‘ Child , I will not press you , ’ she said , unwontedly gentle , ‘ but only tell me this . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it . |
| 4 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 5 | I suggest coffee in my cabin , Commander , and perhaps you 'll be kind enough to tell me all you know . ’ |
| 6 | no , no cos she just told me this morning you were going to see her work in the morning . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you already told me that , ’ said Twoflower . |
| 8 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 9 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 10 | ‘ Great King , ’ I said to him , ‘ just tell me one thing . |
| 11 | ‘ Just tell me one thing , ’ I said urgently . |
| 12 | ‘ Just tell me one other person who has moods like him . |
| 13 | Just tell me that ? ’ |
| 14 | When Andrée had recovered she said , ‘ And yet you will not tell me that simple thing ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 16 | She did not tell me that . |
| 17 | She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do . |
| 18 | It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more . |
| 19 | I do n't see how you can fucking tell me barefaced lies like that ! |
| 20 | ‘ Dorothy , I do n't know quite how to put this , but is there something you 're not telling me that might help me understand this a bit better . |
| 21 | You 're not telling me this Council driver ca n't go any quicker cos he 'll try to get back to before , before twelve o'clock |
| 22 | he 's ever so posh , and we 're chatting away telling me all about pension , telling me all about the pension and that you see so I said to him would you like a tea ? |
| 23 | ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im . |
| 24 | She were just telling me one of her friends that sh when she was in |
| 25 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ You interrupted my class just to tell me this ? ’ |
| 28 | He was n't badly hurt but people have since told me that shock sometimes starts the onset of diabetes . |
| 29 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 30 | Another journalist , the political columnist Alexander Cockburn , once told me that , on balance , he was relived not to have reported on Vietnam because he had observed that those who had , found it difficult to leave the subject alone . |