Example sentences of "[conj] tell [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The wizard said that the little man had some sort of golden disc that told him the time , ’ said the Weasel . |
| 2 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 3 | Sets of boundary conditions that tell us the state of some regions of the universe at a certain time and what effects propagate into it subsequently from the rest of the universe . |
| 4 | Consider , for example , a mechanical clock : its several cogwheels will all turn at different rates and it is almost an arbitrary decision to link some of these to ‘ hands ’ that tell us the passage of the seconds , minutes , hours , or lunar month . |
| 5 | Well that tells you the voltage of the battery at that particular |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't see the pinkish glow that tells you the fire is ready , ’ Lucy said in agreement . |
| 7 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 8 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 9 | I was just as confused as that day she came in and told me the news . |
| 10 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 11 | That afternoon in free time the sergeant stopped her , and told her the work had n't been done properly . |
| 12 | A passing student doctor clipped and tied the umbilical cord for her , and told her the baby was a girl and just fine . |
| 13 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 14 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |
| 15 | I saw three movements and told him the Sonata would sound better if he made a very flashy last movement , but with content . |
| 16 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |
| 17 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 18 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 19 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
| 20 | Just give me its name and tell me the place where I can find it . ’ |
| 21 | If I 'm , try and tell me the steps that you went through to work out how you were going to draw your pie charts . |
| 22 | Crawl out of that little shell of yours and tell me the truth . |
| 23 | So why do n't you put an end to it here and now and tell me the truth ? |
| 24 | Since I had collected a handsome pay-out from Ladbrokes a year earlier with money on Alesi I thought it only fair to 'phone Ken Tyrrell and tell him the odds . |
| 25 | Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ . |
| 26 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 27 | Take him away , Sergeant , and tell him the facts of life ! |
| 28 | Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ? |
| 29 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 30 | I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth . |