Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |
| 2 | Eighteen months previously President Kennedy had ordered the withdrawal of the American missiles in Turkey but eighteen months later those missiles were still there and when Kennedy was presented with this bargain , bargaining counter by Khrushchev he sort of shouted at his chiefs of staff and secretary of defence and anyone else he could shout at and sort of said what the hell are those missiles still doing in Turkey , I told you eighteen months ago for God 's sake get rid of them ! |
| 3 | ‘ I told you twenty times . ’ |
| 4 | I told you twenty times about that ! |
| 5 | My crew were never aware of my lapse and I am just as ashamed to tell this story today as I would had I told it 45 years ago . |
| 6 | " I tell you one way you 'll recruit a few more of the local lads , " he remarked . |
| 7 | But I tell you one person who 's getting on my nerves is that good looking son at McDonalds . |
| 8 | I tell you one thing I used to enjoy , on this particular belt there were so many girls , what I used to enjoy was sending plenty of work down to them — I was responsible for how much work they got out … |
| 9 | ‘ I tell you one thing , and you do n't want to know . |
| 10 | He looked from one to the other , his bleak glance resting briefly on Sarella 's upturned face , and then he said , ‘ I tell you one thing , Peter ; when you 're down and out and she 's left you for richer pickings do n't come running to me for a hand-out , because it wo n't be forthcoming . |
| 11 | I I tell you one thing , once I go down I I 'm out . |
| 12 | I tell you one thing I would n't like to be him ! |
| 13 | I tell you one thing I 'm slightly starting to regret inviting my girlfriend to come and stay with me for three weeks in France . |
| 14 | I tell you one thing |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm to be on the committee of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows , ’ she told him one day . |
| 17 | The evangelist who tells us three times that Jesus contracted his perspective to concentrate on Jerusalem and that at Jerusalem the disciples had to await the coming of the Spirit that would equip them for mission , ends his second volume with a triple reminder that this good news , beginning from Jerusalem ( Luke 24:47 ) reaches Rome ( 19:21 ; 23:11 ; 27:24 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Excuse me , sir , but could you tell me one thing ? ’ |
| 19 | Let me tell you , let me tell you one incident er in Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | ‘ Cutting your hay is harder work than sword practice ! ’ he told her one day , a smile lighting up his handsome face . |
| 21 | Even though we spent that money we are projected to come in with balances of three million pounds in excess of the budget figure set by the Conservatives , and that is a six million pounds difference that 's come straight out of the twenty-four and I think it tells us two things . |
| 22 | He tells you one thing to your face and another behind your back . ’ |
| 23 | At each stage of the research we interviewed people all over Scotland asking them to tell us three things : |