Example sentences of "[vb past] tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She never stopped telling the story- and believe me , when my Grandma Gertie liked a story , she aired it often — of the weird goings-on in the place in Cable Street , and how she was sure the bedroom was haunted . |
| 2 | This was a new series of lessons , rather grandly called Biology , in which he wandered happily around various special fascinations of his own and tried to tell the children something about natural selection and the origin of species . |
| 3 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 4 | If they 'd told the Blakeys a week ago the Blakeys would have said what the clergyman had said : that Stephen 's father could not have been responsible . |
| 5 | She told Spruce more or less what she 'd told the Archdeacon of her contact with Mrs Marr in London at St Sylvester 's Betterhouse mentioning Racy without revealing that he 'd phoned her on Sunday . |
| 6 | Erm , it 's just that I had , I 'd told the auditors about but I do n't think that anybody 's and I was unsure we should do that with . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , that 's very welcome , ’ she agreed , quietly sipping a tall glass of orange as Ben explained to both her and Ross exactly what they 'd told the twins so far . |
| 8 | What would have happened , she wondered , if she 'd told the woman the truth , that it just might be the end of the world , that she could n't keep going through the days this way , plodding from home to work and back again , with nothing to devote her energies to , nothing to occupy her thoughts — except Nicolo , and how much she despised him ? |
| 9 | It would be useful if the Prime Minister intervened to tell the House precisely what formula he had in mind for the limitation of fiscal deficits . |
| 10 | Sam flunked telling the team immediately , although he told Nutty . |
| 11 | But someone forgot to tell the computer . |
| 12 | Now , but he forgot to tell the police so unfortunately for p poor old Bill he never got his name in history . |
| 13 | I forgot to tell the men to thatch them . |
| 14 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |
| 15 | The victim of a sexual assault threatened to tell the town of the crime unless she was paid money . |
| 16 | Mr Brown alleged that Grugel twice asked plasterer Peter McCabe for some plaster boards and when he threatened to tell the police Grugel assaulted him , causing a laceration above his eyebrow which needed hospital treatment . |
| 17 | Mr Brown alleged that Grugel twice asked plasterer Peter McCabe for some plaster boards and when he threatened to tell the police , Grugel assaulted him , causing a one inch laceration above his left eyebrow . |
| 18 | Alice began to tell the Cat all about the game . |
| 19 | 1891 began to tell the tale . |
| 20 | ‘ He loved telling the story . |
| 21 | Stella however , survived to tell the tale and is now taking swimming lessons in |
| 22 | Inevitably many book sand much schoolwork was destroyed by the fire but there is at least some good news … the Holy Tinity pet gerbils were rescued and survived to tell the tale . |
| 23 | It happened to quality assistant Liz Stephens , who works at Courtaulds Electrical Insulation in Runcorn , UK , but happily she survived to tell the tale . |
| 24 | But I was almost glad when Mr Robinson decided to tell the company at large of his Italian journeyings with Wordsworth , who desired to be back at home with every step they made , and could only with the utmost difficulty be persuaded to look about him . |
| 25 | Mr Hayden , after further thoughts about the matter , decided to tell the station master , Mr A. Jones , about the occurrence , seeking his advice as to the right measures to adopt in these strange circumstances . |
| 26 | He decided to tell the story of William Black to the Down Presbytery which met monthly and consisted of the Presbyterian ministers of a substantial section of County Down together with one lay elder from each congregation . |
| 27 | Christine , 52 , decided to tell the world of her own experiences about two years ago , as much for therapeutic reasons as through a desire to reach those with similar horror stories to tell . |
| 28 | At first I decided to tell the police my story . |
| 29 | Unlike the minister , he finally decided to tell the truth . |
| 30 | Ivan was a fanciful fellow , and he loved to tell the boys stories . |