Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them always to hold their heads up high because , at the end of the day , this family is as good as any other . |
| 2 | ‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’ |
| 3 | I told him also to get cheese moments and scampi fries , and he may stop at McDonald 's . ’ |
| 4 | I told you just to count them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I told you never to come here ! ’ |
| 6 | I told you before to get some mince and put potatoes in and that , see |
| 7 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 8 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 9 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 10 | A least that was what she told herself afterwards to excuse her instinctive response to his lips . |
| 11 | very good I says but you tell her just to forget that will ya ? |
| 12 | They told him repeatedly to leave his wife . |
| 13 | They told him bluntly to go if he must but that they preferred more contemporary methods and would stay in the cabin preparing their equipment . |
| 14 | Well , hippies — they told us never to trust them , did n't they ? |
| 15 | He told me just to run around and do some starts , which is the way I guess most athletes begin when they join a club . |