Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her the brutal truth — how I 'd tried to buy a love-nest for us and got involved with the wrong property men . |
| 2 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 3 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 4 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 5 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 6 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 8 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 9 | I told you the first Michele had it specially made . |
| 10 | But I , you know , I told you the front brakes they er snapped the middle and all this . |
| 11 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 12 | Kate said quickly , ‘ Have I told you the latest about Carinish Court ? ’ |
| 13 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
| 14 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 15 | " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures . |
| 16 | Well I tell you the best one is |
| 17 | I tell you the cleaning ladies are the worst in erm school . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | What do I tell him the next time he asks |
| 22 | Shall I tell them the latest news ? |
| 23 | Well , can I tell you the first one we went to we went to get food and there was none left ! |
| 24 | Someone tells me the other day that I , I 've you know y |
| 25 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 26 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 27 | Today I have had a reply to a parliamentary question to the Minister , which tells me the latest figures of young people currently in young offender institutions . |
| 28 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 29 | At one station we were stopped for several hours alongside a troop train on which I discovered the Reverend R.H.L. Slater , now enrolled as an army chaplain , who told me the comforting news that my wife and three children had got away from Myitkyina a day or two earlier . |
| 30 | ‘ It was an old Pole called Poniatowski , now in exile in Paris , who told me the awful , ghastly , horrifying details . |