Example sentences of "tell [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Holding beat Greig four times in one over and the two faces tell the story . |
| 32 | As I leave , I tell the women to keep the money for the kids . |
| 33 | Eyes still wide , with a growing smile , he says to the writer , weakly : ‘ You thought I dead , tell the truth . |
| 34 | ‘ If you must write — you do n't need to by the way , I can earn enough to support my family — but if you really must , you should always write ‘ Mrs Nigel Hughes ’ at the end of it and tell the editor you are married to me . ’ |
| 35 | Tell the people of Israel to go forward . ’ |
| 36 | That is the one thing they are commanded to do together ( in the Hebrew the verb of verse 8 's ‘ tell the rock ’ is in the plural ) which the story does not mention their performing . |
| 37 | Sometimes , especially in Romantic music , I tell the orchestra , ‘ Now play everything as you played it but play a 4/4 bar . |
| 38 | She had no idea afterwards how she got to the Villa Alberti where Ferdinando took her to break the news and tell the tale of his fruitless trip . |
| 39 | Old Angie took everything seriously , always going on about mortal sin , and I got sodding tired of it , and of her , tell the truth . |
| 40 | A host of examples can be cited throughout the period of Stewart rule up to 1542 ; the fate of the mighty earls of Douglas at the hands of James II in the mid fifteenth century , the case , enshrined in ballad , of the over-confident border reiver Johnnie Armstrong , who suddenly found himself the victim of the utter ruthlessness of James V , tell the same story about how royal power was exercised in Scotland . |
| 41 | They tell the truth — and so , I hope , do I. ’ |
| 42 | They do n't know anything about life , so they come and tell the rest of us how to live it . ’ |
| 43 | And the market researchers tell the companies more and more that their customers want something more tailored to their special requirements . |
| 44 | Neither shows it , but the squashed chairs and the scored benches tell the story . |
| 45 | Honestly , I do n't invent the singing waiters , acrobatic chefs , undiscovered Kenneth Branaghs and owners who tell the same joke twice . |
| 46 | So I simply had to walk on stage after an extended interval and tell the audience we would have to end the performance . |
| 47 | ‘ You tell the child what 's got to be done . |
| 48 | But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . |
| 49 | It is not hard to see why official inquiries concerning matters like spies or telephone tapping very rarely tell the truth . |
| 50 | And if you push me much harder , I 'll wash my hands of the whole thing and tell the Committee I ca n't cope , and make it clear I want you out — out , do you understand ? |
| 51 | ‘ Tell the desk-sergeant that I am looking into it . ’ |
| 52 | Tell the landlord I sent you . |
| 53 | As Bob Hope said of the Stealth bomber , ‘ If it is supposed to be invisible to radar , why do n't we just not build it and tell the Russians it 's there ? ’ |
| 54 | ‘ Bridhe — tell the lasses I 'm sorry for aye shouting at them . |
| 55 | Tell the newsagent and your parents what happened . |
| 56 | If the calls continue , tell the operator and the police . |
| 57 | Tell the police and then seek medical treatment from your doctor or local hospital as soon as possible . |
| 58 | Tell the police that you are going away and when you 'll be back . |
| 59 | And , of course , the CEOs tell the truth — the number of cases of sexual misconduct by teachers that reach education authority levels is minute . |
| 60 | He would simply to go a class , tell the teacher he wanted to remove a pupil , then take the child to his study for a sex session . |