Example sentences of "[conj] tell [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 2 | It 's me that told him not to go ! |
| 3 | It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go . |
| 4 | Thirdly , they would need , in some sense , to be rational to have an effective means-ends reasoning that told them how to implement each desired goal . |
| 5 | I could n't yet hear the jungle drums that told you where to go on any particular day . |
| 6 | His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him . |
| 7 | I actually felt guilty as I climbed into my Porsche , and then kicked myself hard , metaphorically , and told myself not to let a nasty-minded Police Inspector upset me . |
| 8 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 9 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 10 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 11 | He knew somehow that I was dealing with this section and gave me the serial number of a wagon and told me not to go anywhere near it . |
| 12 | And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling . |
| 13 | She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea . |
| 14 | The boss nurse gave her two minutes and told her not to talk . |
| 15 | Bejan greeted the 75 audience members and told them not to hold back — and they did n't , loudly voicing their preferences . |
| 16 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 17 | By the time he had sorted everybody out and told them how to get to Bridlington it was too late for me to use my free pass and I had to pay half fare . |
| 18 | A lot of Scots came this way via the Northern Line from King 's Cross and they were giving their Scottish concert in the concourse when a heavy metal band arrived and told them roughly to move . |
| 19 | They then drew alongside him and told him again to put his hands on the handlebars . |
| 20 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 21 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 22 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 23 | The pygmy king gave Herla a small dog to set on his saddle as a parting gift , and told him not to get off his horse until the dog did . |
| 24 | This time I simply wrote him a decent-sized cheque and told him not to worry about repaying it . |
| 25 | I got up , we were lying on the sofa , and knelt by him and told him not to worry . |
| 26 | An old servant , bald as a badger , yellow-faced and wizened , bustled towards us with all the speed of a snail ; he mumbled apologies in French but Ralemberg just tapped him gently on the shoulder and told him not to worry . |
| 27 | Jim had stomped downstairs wiping the blood off his face with a handkerchief and later it had been Jo and Lisa who had packed his bags and told him never to come back to the house . |
| 28 | He chased the customer down the road and told him never to come in the shop again — that was the way Ron was ! |
| 29 | She left a letter for me , and she did include the Purdeys in her Wall , and told us where to boil I looked , yesterday , and found the trunk empty . |
| 30 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |