Example sentences of "[noun] and tell i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 2 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 3 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 4 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 5 | If it were , the day would come when the man behind the shining table lamp would toss a fountain pen in my direction and tell me to sign a piece of paper , and I would say , what the hell , why not ? |
| 6 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 7 | In a minute someone 's going to bang on the lid and tell me to come out . |
| 8 | ‘ He gave me a couple of pills the size of tennis balls and told me to get my head down . |
| 9 | Then they took me into a room and told me to take my dress off . |
| 10 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 11 | I went to my doctor who gave me some pain-killers and told me to rest . |
| 12 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 13 | Look at that time my dad did that lady over there and left me on the phone and told me to stay there and I was like that . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ Alan rang me the other night and told me to bring my hosepipe because he 's on fire at the moment . |
| 15 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 16 | Erm quite a lot you just have to be honest with people and tell I mean we 've got It 's unfortunate we can threaten people if you like , it 's the wrong word to use . |
| 17 | Peter owned London Postal Services , and he offered me £5000 and told me to put together a package . |
| 18 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 19 | He rang Capital and told me to go and see him . |
| 20 | Sergeant-Chef Gibeau leant over , tapped me on the forefinger with a table knife and told me to do them up again . |
| 21 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 22 | ‘ It is good , ’ she said , as she held the cloth and told me to sit . |
| 23 | When we arrived at her house , Eva put her hand on my shoulder and told me to go upstairs to Charlie . |
| 24 | In she comes for her pension , takes it without a by-your-leave then calls me a bloody wog and tells me to go home to where I come from . ’ |
| 25 | He gives me medicine and tells me to rest . |
| 26 | Sister Margaret is always nagging me about my earrings and telling me to take them off , but I 'm not going to . |