Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] tell [pers pn] that " 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 'm honest , I 'd better tell you that . |
| 3 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 4 | ‘ You have beautiful legs , ’ Ray tried , but one of the other men had already told her that . |
| 5 | Van Gelder had already told us that . |
| 6 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've already told you that . ’ |
| 8 | I 've already told you that . |
| 9 | Well multiplication equation for this number line I would say is er I 've already told you that . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's my home , they 've always told me that . |
| 11 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think you 've ever told me that ! ’ said Donald , sounding peeved to have elicited an original statement from Henry while on licensed premises . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | But Minch had often told him that faith in Callanish waxed and waned through time as the wind itself changes through the day , and that eagles often forgot it , and wanted to forget . |
| 15 | Letterman had previously told me that flashback is a device which must be used sparingly , yet now he was a plausible advocate for this treatment . |
| 16 | He was n't badly hurt but people have since told me that shock sometimes starts the onset of diabetes . |