Example sentences of "[adv] tell [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it would be very nice if Andrew actually wrote to the trust to tell them why in same details as he apparently told the press . |
| 2 | TJ , who did not give evidence , was convicted and appealed , submitting that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong to rule that there was no breach of the Code ; ( 2 ) the judge wrongly told the jury that there had been no breach , thus undermining the defence speech to the jury on this point ; ( 3 ) the evidence was unsafe and unsatisfactory having regard to the evidence given by D ; and the judge should have withdrawn the case from the jury . |
| 3 | IBM basically told the weekly , ‘ No way . ’ |
| 4 | He was popularly supposed to be a man who not only told the truth , but who could not tell a lie , and the senator 's aides and publicists were not unhappy to promulgate that echo of a previous President 's virtues . |
| 5 | He said he only told the truth . |
| 6 | ‘ I only told the truth . ’ |
| 7 | As The Smiths grew in commercial stature , so they encountered more and more professional people , especially in America , and these people constantly told the band to think big , to think mega , to evolve into a major international unit . |
| 8 | The surgeon had apparently told the plaintiff about the risk of damage to the nerve roots but not of that to the spinal cord . |
| 9 | Someone had mischievously told a boy that Brenda wanted him . |
| 10 | He said , it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police told her when you come back we 'll have all this typed out , your statement but we 'll need you to sign so tell the coach driver to stay at , stop at the police station for you to sign it and I , I said to her , how , how did you manage to stop that boy ? |
| 11 | ‘ God forgive me , Philippa , I only tell the truth ! ’ |
| 12 | I wonder if he could tell us whether he is prepared to amend the legislation in this fashion , and perhaps tell the House exactly what other amendments he needs to make in order to take account of changing circumstances . |
| 13 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 14 | It not only tells the story ‘ with more simplicity , more verve , clarity , and impact … [ it ] will also educate the child 's taste and his visual sense. , |
| 15 | He did n't know what Gesner was up to but he thought he 'd better tell the Direktor . |
| 16 | Any movement of the head changes the position of the semi-circular canals in relationship to gravity and so tells the owner which way up he is and gives him general orientation . |
| 17 | I was only telling a colleague of yours today that the investigation into Mills ’ murder left a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 18 | ( Suddenly telling a child to go to bed in the middle of an exciting TV programme is asking for trouble . |
| 19 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 20 | They were obviously telling the truth about themselves . |
| 21 | We have already seen that a murder is necessary in a detective story , if only to tell the reader that this is something worth attention . |
| 22 | The flash has to have a manual override to be useful , as it will serve only to tell the operator when a photograph has been taken . |
| 23 | The moment teachers feel safe enough to tell the truth ( which is often anywhere but in their own staffrooms ) , they rush to unburden themselves of feelings and symptoms such as those which I have described , and are surprised and relieved that other people are feeling the same way . |
| 24 | We consider we have done enough , ’ the parish representative eventually told the inquiry . |
| 25 | ‘ I have no further questions , ’ Jaq finally told the conclave . |
| 26 | He used to be stopped frequently after work and normally he just told the constable he was a policeman straight away . |
| 27 | Well I just told the truth : ‘ I simply ca n't remember . ’ |
| 28 | In Routledge v McKay [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 615 , the seller of a motorbicycle incorrectly told the buyer that it was a 1942 model , but the contract was not concluded until one week later and the Court of Appeal held that this statement was not , thereby , a term . |
| 29 | John , one of the group , has just told a joke . |
| 30 | The sergeant had just told a group of kids to fuck away off . |