Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] tell [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 2 | ‘ I would not say he has always told us all the truth , ’ said Cadfael mildly , ‘ if that 's a matter for his conscience . |
| 3 | Ana has probably told me all she is going to tell me . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm surprised Geoff has n't told you this over the years |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I do n't know how to tell you this , ’ said the Headmaster , ‘ but this morning we had to send your home from school for having a wee in the swimming pool . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't know how to tell you this I ca n't I ca n't |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it . |
| 8 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm honest , I 'd better tell you that . |
| 10 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured suavely , and from then until Mrs Novakova came in to tell them that dinner was ready he engaged her in surface conversation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the reason for why she was there . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd already told you all you needed to know ! ’ |
| 12 | Our three would=be Busmen , James Gilchrist , Paul Sturgess [ he of Blue Peter fame ] and Roland Huggett , took it all in their stride , whilst the researcher danced around telling them all just ‘ how wonderful you are ’ . |
| 13 | His name is Mr William Charles Francis ; age 26 ; occupation journalist ; religion Church of England ; next-of-kin father ; addresses of both in the Admission Book ; admitted to Casualty at 10.20 A.M. — ’ and she went on to tell us all I had heard from Humber . |
| 14 | And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room . |
| 15 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 16 | She did not tell me that . |
| 17 | He was , however , extremely discreet and did not tell us any results of the Cabinet soundings in detail . |
| 18 | Unless we make it trivially true that gold is malleable , by explicitly including malleability in our idea of it , we can perceive no connection between the ideas of gold and malleability ; our observation and experiment do not tell us that gold must be malleable ; we have no knowledge that it is . |
| 19 | ‘ Why did you come here to tell me this ? ’ |
| 20 | ( I was still late for every exam , but I did n't tell her that . ) |
| 21 | You did n't tell her any different did you ? |
| 22 | ‘ No , he did n't tell me that . ’ |
| 23 | You did n't tell me that , did you , Maria ? |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm so sorry — he did n't tell me that . |
| 25 | Madness runs in her family , but they did n't tell me that . |
| 26 | ‘ But you did n't tell me that ! ’ |
| 27 | ( Years later , I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College , but they did n't tell me that . ) |
| 28 | ‘ You did n't tell me that , Rhoda , ’ said Ben Brocklebank alertly . |
| 29 | ‘ The inspector did n't tell me that , ’ I said . |
| 30 | If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone . |