Example sentences of "[verb] to tell [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 2 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to tell you the truth . |
| 4 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 5 | I do n't know to tell you the truth |
| 6 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 7 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 8 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 9 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 10 | You 've got to tell them the truth ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've got to tell me the truth . |
| 12 | Someone 's got to tell her the boy 's not been at school , is n't at home , ’ Gabriel said , as if that was what it was all about . |
| 13 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 14 | However , I am going to tell you the names of the cards you are now thinking about . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 16 | To this he answered ‘ Daphne , I respect you very much , and I respect your husband very much , and because of this I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you the truth . |
| 18 | We would like to tell you the procedures we will follow in the unlikely event of such a fire giving off toxic fumes . |
| 19 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 20 | Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour . |
| 21 | Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour . |
| 22 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 23 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 24 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 25 | Erm I do n't know where to start to tell you the truth . |
| 26 | Marvellous how it was run to tell you the truth . |
| 27 | Do n't really do n't really care to tell you the truth in a way but |
| 28 | In terms of prospecting , I usually do the training exhibition at the N E C every July , er , in eighty six , a man came onto my stand and we chatted for half an hour , he then said to tell you the truth I 'm not interested now , but I will be interested next May . |
| 29 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 30 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |