Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 2 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 3 | Spanish and he goes , he knew what I was talking about so all of a sudden he goes ah so tell me a bit about this erm this Melissa so I said |
| 4 | So tell me the cost of a week 's charter . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Come in here a bit , ’ she suggested as they came to her room , ‘ I 'd better tell you a secret . ’ |
| 6 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 7 | Well , basically to tell you the truth it 's been … better in a way . |
| 8 | The plaited bamboo walls curled tightly round a stout frame of beech poles , cut and stripped by Rima with the big bush knife he had brought up from the trade-store when Joseph had run down to tell him the news . |
| 9 | If Steen was there , Charles had only to tell him the truth ; if he was n't , then he could leave the photographs with an anonymous note explaining Jacqui 's innocence . |
| 10 | She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't mistake my meaning like that , ’ he cried , ‘ just because I 'm honest enough to tell you the truth ! |
| 12 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 13 | But it was n't Jozef who finally told me the truth — which of the three suspects had taken the pieces of silver . |
| 14 | No I just told her the truth , I wanted wanted some of her |
| 15 | ‘ I already told you the truth . ’ |
| 16 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps , they said , he was married or engaged and had not told me the truth about himself . |
| 18 | But they were NOT told what the bug was — or that other babies were affected . |
| 19 | I understand that you wish to run the tape on UNIX on Sun/3 , but you have not told us the tape density you need . |
| 20 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
| 21 | We are not told who the petitioner is . |
| 22 | Oh no , ROB NEWMAN 's just told her a joke ! |
| 23 | Nanda 's just told me a secret , she said . |
| 24 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's already told me the story and I 've read Claudia 's account . ’ |
| 26 | Just tell them the score and invite them to join your cub . |
| 27 | just tell him the truth . |
| 28 | Just tell me the truth . |
| 29 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
| 30 | And they also just tell it the flavour they fancy do n't they ? |