Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] tell [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the basic activity in ( 2 ) is painting the general ; but the sentence tells us more specifically that it is an activity carried out in a way that envisages the general as seated . |
| 2 | The buyer tells us that bright colours are not sold because sales estimates are low . |
| 3 | Then she hurried out to the kitchen to tell them all the news . |
| 4 | The Guidance tells us that " minor shortcomings in health care or minor deficits in physical , psychological or social development " should not justify proceedings unless they are having , or are likely to have , " serious and lasting effects on the child " ( para 3.21 ) . |
| 5 | The Guidance tells us that interim orders represent a substantial , if temporary , intervention in the child 's life and " should not be regarded as routine parts of an application for a full care or supervision order " ( vol 1 , para 3.38 ) . |
| 6 | But the episode tells us more than perhaps Adam of Eynsham intended . |
| 7 | The girl tells you this — this fairy-tale , and you believe it ? ’ |
| 8 | There are five species of this large piratical sea-bird , and they are notoriously difficult to separate , but the warden told us this was a roosting place ( they do not breed in the Seychelles ) for mainly immature greater and lesser frigate birds , probably from the huge breeding colonies on Aldabra . |
| 9 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
| 10 | I mean , what 's she supposed to do if it goes off — waddle round the village telling us all to duck ? |
| 11 | Oh the teacher told us this one . |
| 12 | The sight of Peng Yu-wei in the water told her that . |
| 13 | ‘ And the king told you all this ? ’ |
| 14 | Now we , we , the title tells us that 's in Cornwall , it does n't really matter where it is but erm just a hint of the sea , a , a super place to live I should think there . |
| 15 | She wanted the turtle to tell her more about this Love Your Enemies scheme , and she would have asked him , but all of a sudden they heard a tremendous HAR-ROOMF ! |
| 16 | All the same , I feel that the myth-making tells us more about Hughes than about Shakespeare . |
| 17 | Did the woman tell you this ? ’ |
| 18 | Feeling suddenly shy , she looked down , and asked huskily , ‘ And , in return for a trip to Australia , the colonel told you all about me ? ’ |
| 19 | Over the past few months they have been told that their primary and community health care is awful ; now the government tells them that accident and emergency departments will shut , along with 2000-odd hospital beds , when their immediate evidence is that it is hard to get into hospital . |
| 20 | ‘ The government tell us all the nice things that are happening in Britain and yet all the indicators show us that this is not the case . |
| 21 | The sergeant told them all about the cattle trucks and how Charles had soon put a stop to that . |
| 22 | The Minister told us that clause 12 provided for the Secretary of State to take into account representations made by those who administer the pension scheme in question . |
| 23 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 24 | Prizes will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me either of the films for which Maggie won an Oscar . |
| 25 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 26 | Then in the spring of 1105 Anselm received a letter from the pope telling him that sentence of excommunication had been passed on Robert of Meulan and other royal counsellors , but that sentence on the king was delayed because the messengers whom the king ought to have sent to Rome before Easter had not arrived . |
| 27 | ‘ Dick had no business telling you that , ’ Gedanken said crossly . |
| 28 | Again and again I was possessed by a desire to tell her all , and before justice caught up with me . |
| 29 | Then , hammering home his point , ‘ And she had no need to tell me that . ’ |
| 30 | Anyroad , there 's no need to tell you this — you 've lived down here long enough , ’ he continued . |