Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
| 2 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 3 | " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures . |
| 4 | Well I tell you the best one is |
| 5 | I tell you the cleaning ladies are the worst in erm school . |
| 6 | I tell you the same way , there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
| 7 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 8 | I know she wo n't board but I tell you , I tell you the main advantages of boarding is that a lot of times if you , you know when sometimes you get to the point where you 've done so much prep and you 've got lots more and you really you feel like you ca n't cope |
| 9 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |
| 10 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 11 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 12 | no well , what they do is they tell you the earliest you can leave and then you can leave after that if you prefer |
| 13 | They tell us the exact positions and brightness but nothing of their distances . |
| 14 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |