Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] tell [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 2 | ‘ You really want me to tell you that ! |
| 3 | Now I want you to tell me all the other facts that you know . |
| 4 | I want you to tell me all about her . ’ |
| 5 | Now look , now , now just let me tell her this |
| 6 | just let me tell her this is |
| 7 | But let me tell it all in the right order . |
| 8 | Let me tell you , let me tell you one incident er in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Let me tell you that 's the graveyard at the moment . |
| 10 | Now let me tell you all the news . ’ |
| 11 | Let me tell you dis much … a good doctor cuts up bodies to make people well . |
| 12 | But listen , Bobbie , and let me tell you this : if you ever come to Victoria again without visiting me , you 'll never be a pall-bearer at my funeral ! ’ |
| 13 | On the subject of strange names , let me tell you this ( and I am now serious ) : The sweet-shop at South Portland Street , opposite our tenement , wherein most of our pocket-money was spent , was owned by a tall , bearded , orthodox Jew . |
| 14 | And let me tell you this : should you in any way try to get in touch with me , even go to the partners and ask for my whereabouts , I swear before God — ‘ He now raised his hand in a dramatic fashion and paused before he added , ‘ See , I 'm taking an oath . |
| 15 | Cor they look I told you one of them did n't have much in ! |
| 16 | Tell me tell me some of the bits in the nitrogen cycle then , go on . |
| 17 | My numbers game seemed to have been happily outshadowed by reality , although Franky clearly had his own mysterious method of divination , saying portentously , ‘ The number eleven , remember I told you that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I know I told you that was my first visit since my honeymoon with Debbie 's mother and that 's true . |
| 19 | Er er , you know I told you that thingy ? |
| 20 | ‘ I know I told you this , Caroline . |
| 21 | I mean I know I told you this |
| 22 | I know you told me that as well . |
| 23 | Remember you telling us that . |
| 24 | I know that he kicked and punched me ; I know he told me this was what I wanted , that no one would ever love me , and this was all I was fit for ; and I know he raped me . |
| 25 | ‘ I bet she told you all sorts of tales . |
| 26 | Remind me to tell you some time over a beer ’ — he had lived in Shetland for five years working on the rigs . |
| 27 | Remind me to tell you some time about my Uncle Morton 's wife and his mistress both turning up to his funeral in the self-same dress … |
| 28 | I think I told you all my news on the phone on Saturday . |
| 29 | I think I told you some months ago that I would be asking you to consider that |
| 30 | But I had been er made a mon I think I told you this before , a monitor and I used to dodge all these sort of things and erm I used to go after I 'd been putting the books out for the next lesson , I could go to the library and I used to sit down and read . |