Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pers pn] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 2 | I 'm only telling you this because … well , it 's obvious who killed Mills . |
| 3 | Why had I not told her this and that ? |
| 4 | The Bible does not tell us more than that . |
| 5 | I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take . |
| 6 | He wrote not to tell her this nor to send her any kind of greeting but because he wanted her to do something for him . |
| 7 | The railway police and station staff were always telling them that but they had never had it from fellow buskers before . |
| 8 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 9 | Now tell me all that happened . ’ |
| 10 | They had n't told her that and she would need to know . |
| 11 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
| 12 | Charlotte was drinking sherry , do n't suppose , should n't tell you that but she only had one little drop and I was |
| 13 | Maggie quietly told him all that Ana had said and he heard her through in silence . |