Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] tell [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories . |
| 2 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 3 | We did a confidential letter to Edinburgh District a month ago telling them that . |
| 4 | The damage here tells its own story about the impact which killed four horses outright , left two others so badly hurt that they had to be put down and fourteen more with serious injuries . |
| 5 | Oliver Canning and Shane Walsh tried hard at midfield for Galway but Kilkenny 's superior stickwork here told its own story . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain . |
| 7 | The silly , extravagant , strange or ludicrous sound of an idea sometimes tells us more about ourselves , about our prejudices and resistance to change , than about the truth contained in the idea itself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You interrupted my class just to tell me this ? ’ |