Example sentences of "[vb past] tell [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You promised to tell me all about it . |
| 2 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 3 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried to tell her that , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The following day , Dr John Greg of the Medical Research Council tried to tell us that contact with small quantities of dioxins was harmless when he stated in The Independent that 5,000 ppt is a safe level for bleached paper products . |
| 6 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 7 | ‘ I love you , ’ she told him , as she 'd told him many times before . |
| 8 | I remembered another story they 'd told me that day of the first snowfall : it was about a hunt several years ago , on a day like this . |
| 9 | I wonder if — I wish you 'd told me that , Alan . |
| 10 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 11 | If you 'd told me all those years ago , I would have grown up with the idea of another mother , perhaps miles away , perhaps just around the corner . |
| 12 | I only wish you 'd told me this earlier . |
| 13 | If you 'd told me this in the make-up room when you came to have your hair cut , you 'd have saved yourself a needless journey . |
| 14 | She said , ‘ I wish he 'd told me this himself . ’ |
| 15 | There was a ring of sadness in his voice which she found puzzling until she remembered something from the past — Eddie 's voice repeating what he 'd told her all those years ago at the Oulton Park circuit . |
| 16 | I should have thought he 'd told you all about it by now , or do n't you two ever communicate properly ? |
| 17 | I mean if if you 'd told you that dad was coming down which |
| 18 | Their lamb chops had arrived as she finished telling him this sad story . |
| 19 | Leonard Bilsiter enjoyed telling them all about Siberian Magic and hidden powers . |
| 20 | He knew I 'd be interested in the reward money before he started telling me all the details , otherwise he 'd have kept most of it to himself . |
| 21 | She had been to see Enter the Dragon and started to tell him all about the code of kung fu as he hurried her upstairs . |
| 22 | Only Frankie and Liza were in so I decided to tell them both what had happened . |
| 23 | I did n't know how to begin , so began by assuming that my parents knew where I was and then proceeded to tell them all the details of the food , living conditions , pay and training . |
| 24 | We really ought to have noted the various quantities remaining , when Dr Burney offered to tell us this morning . |
| 25 | I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 . |
| 26 | ‘ He did tell me that . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , you did tell me that . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 29 | Yes they did tell me that your Lordship . |
| 30 | Oh you did tell me that . |