Example sentences of "[pron] tell me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone tells me the other day that I , I 've you know y |
| 2 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You know , Holly , there was a man here once who told me an extraordinary thing about women … ’ |
| 6 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It was an old Pole called Poniatowski , now in exile in Paris , who told me the awful , ghastly , horrifying details . |
| 9 | To start with I went along to visit local parent , Mrs Audrey Durrant , who told me the main problem she faces as the mother of a ten year old dyslexic boy . |
| 10 | Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news . |
| 11 | Even , for instance , what you told me a few weeks back ? |
| 12 | ‘ You told me the other day that you could n't remember the farewell party very clearly , ’ she began . |
| 13 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 14 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 15 | She tells me the only freedom is that of the imagination . |
| 16 | Would you tell me a wee bit about that ? |
| 17 | And er , could you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 18 | Now er Now could you tell me a little bit about your school life ? |
| 19 | Can you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 20 | Er could you tell me a little bit about the schools you went to ? |
| 21 | Could you tell me a little bit about when you first moved to Harlow , because it interests me very much the fact , I did n't , I was n't aware that you lived in a , house that was |
| 22 | Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 23 | erm Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 24 | Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ? |
| 25 | Are you telling me the old bat did n't pass it on ? ’ |
| 26 | I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’ |
| 27 | Now I want you to tell me the important part — why the hell are you so desperate that you 'll go to this extent in order to get your hands on the bequest ? |
| 28 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 29 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 30 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |