Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not telling him that . |
| 32 | ‘ 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 . |
| 33 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 34 | my kids have n't had any food all weekend that I 've paid for because you did n't send me my giro , they 've had their meals because they 've been round there at grandma 's , but I 'm not telling you that , yeah , you know . |
| 35 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 36 | ‘ 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 . |
| 37 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 38 | He was n't badly hurt but people have since told me that shock sometimes starts the onset of diabetes . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | Someone once told him that horse manure in his wellington boots would make him grow taller , but the boys at school had made fun of him and Mr Sunderland , the headmaster , had called him a stupid gullible boy and made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic soap . |
| 42 | ‘ I do n't think you 've ever told me that ! ’ said Donald , sounding peeved to have elicited an original statement from Henry while on licensed premises . |
| 43 | ‘ It 's my home , they 've always told me that . |
| 44 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 45 | I always tell him that . |
| 46 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 47 | Do n't ever tell me that Love 's dimpled pander does n't earn his pesetas . |
| 48 | Did I ever tell you that 's where Paul and I met ? |
| 49 | And he calmly tells them that |
| 50 | ‘ I 'm forever telling you that . ’ |
| 51 | The railway police and station staff were always telling them that but they had never had it from fellow buskers before . |
| 52 | He probably told you that just to explain things . |
| 53 | You also told me that for eleven years you were national coach and team manager to the United Arab Emirates . |
| 54 | He also told me that for some years , two unknown people , evidently strategically placed in big City offices , have been collecting for us all the first-day covers received there . |
| 55 | ‘ We also told them that failure to act would help swell the ranks of paramilitary organisations . |
| 56 | They also told us that next time they would hold people in custody until the next court sitting . ’ |
| 57 | Genes also tell us that native Americans originated from a small group of migrants who crossed the Bering land bridge from Siberia . |
| 58 | In the early books of The Prelude Wordsworth repeatedly tells us that natural objects are most important in forming the mind of the child , and hardly any polite references are made to the curriculum at Hawkshead Grammar School and Cambridge University . |
| 59 | If you phone in t erm the Talking Yellow Pages and say I need a conference centre in Derbyshire , they 'll probably tell you that one . |
| 60 | But Minch had often told him that faith in Callanish waxed and waned through time as the wind itself changes through the day , and that eagles often forgot it , and wanted to forget . |