Example sentences of "[verb] tell [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , my brother Stair — I am sure that Matey has told you about Stair — invited me out tonight to the stag party of one of his friends ; I used to know him slightly . |
| 2 | ‘ Hey , I ca n't wait to tell them at school . |
| 3 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 4 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 5 | 8 ) WHAT DOES THE CASE STUDY TELL US ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ? |
| 6 | You will remember that this is a commendation given to a shop or dealer on behalf of a reader who has written to tell us of service above and beyond the call of duty . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's an even greater pity that you could n't have told me about Ling 's day off , ’ she flared at him . |
| 8 | ‘ They must have told you at school ! ’ |
| 9 | She had yearned for a glimpse of him , and had wanted to tell him about Lovat herself , to make sure that he understood her reasons . |
| 10 | No one seemed to have told them about ration books . |
| 11 | His response : ‘ You may not believe this but I 'm not allowed to tell you on council notepaper . ’ |
| 12 | On Assembly Sunday , the one just after Christian Aid Week , the visiting preacher , Rev. Stewart Matthew , told us that the day before , under the dripping trees of Holyrood , he had met a young man who had told him with pride and joy that over £13,000 had been raised for Christian Aid at his church . |
| 13 | Forty days of rain , as God had told him in advance . |
| 14 | Barry had told them at school that his Dad had bought him a tarantula . |
| 15 | THAT 'S GREAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT IT … |
| 16 | From what Neil had told me over supper last night , I knew that the main bird colonies were on the western side of the island , where the cliffy coastline was cut into deep gullies , some of them sheer , and some filled with tumbles of massed boulders . |
| 17 | If you had told me in advance , I would have prepared a few canapes for your arrival . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't worry , love , ’ Faye had told her with authority . |
| 19 | They had told her in hospital that the glass had cut into an artery and she had needed transfusions but although she had felt far from well this morning she was certainly feeling worse now . |
| 20 | This is you remember I 've told you about geography bottles , yeah ? |
| 21 | You would n't let out things I 've told you in confidence , would you ? ’ |
| 22 | DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT IT ? |
| 23 | Do you want to tell me in English then we 'll help you . |
| 24 | What I have told you here I have told you in confidence , whether I exacted any promise from you or no , and you can not violate my trust . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I just ca n't imagine telling them at home . |