Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So tell me Mrs how did you come to with Friends Provident in the first place ? |
| 2 | So tell me Clare , how much do you weigh ? |
| 3 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 4 | We had better tell him nothing. , It was the second cover-up of the day . |
| 5 | As the blurb rightly tells us Ferrier was ruthlessly critical of her own performance . |
| 6 | I know this is a bit of an affront to our high opinion of ourselves as human beings , er , of course many people regard it that way , but erm my view is that er we ca n't expect science necessarily to tell us things we want to hear . |
| 7 | From what the Nilsen girl has just told me Garau is our missing link , and with him in prison they 're in too tight a corner . |
| 8 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
| 9 | I 've already told you Lori is just someone I know , and has nothing to do with any of this , ’ she countered . |
| 10 | ‘ Just tell them lunatics o' yours to lay off or I shall 'ave to bring in the heavy mob . |
| 11 | Just tell him Myles Burke called , ’ he said and moved away . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 'll just tell him Rex is here . |
| 13 | The other thing is um , and you can spot this from correlation , matrixes and and factor analyses , erm if there 's a lot of items that correlate quite highly together you can boot some of them out because they 're not telling you anything that the other items do n't already tell you sort of thing . |
| 14 | the ordinary the thing I was just telling you dad |
| 15 | ‘ Rosie once told me Gamages was the best . |
| 16 | ‘ Why did no one ever tell me Dublin was all one-way streets ? |
| 17 | Nobody will ever tell me Strachan should nt be 1st name on the team sheet when he s playing as he is. there s no point arguing the toss because you obviously feel different . |
| 18 | Did I ever tell you Raymond ? |
| 19 | You are always telling me tales of him rebuking you . |
| 20 | People were always telling you things . |
| 21 | A JOBLESS Tory voter got a letter from 10 Downing Street yesterday telling him things are looking up . |
| 22 | I nearly told him Coney Island was also known as Sodom by the Sea , but thought better of it . |
| 23 | The TV weather experts also tell us wind speeds and direction . |
| 24 | Brought up in the outskirts of the city , his grandparents had often told him stories of how a bocor could trap your soul through your shadow . |
| 25 | Please tell me holiday romances can work out . |
| 26 | And you ask me any body 's names around here I could n't even tell you Sylvia 's name next door . |
| 27 | Your dad 's always tried never to tell you lies , or stories that would scare you or make you superstitious , but — ’ |