Example sentences of "[vb past] tell [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 2 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 3 | ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said . |
| 4 | Miss Coltman said : ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman that Eddie was seeing and at one point divorce proceedings had been started . |
| 5 | Miss Coltman said : ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman that Eddie was seeing and at one point divorce proceedings had been started . ’ |
| 6 | She leant down and started to lick out his ear , bit his lobes , started to tell him of all the things she had done with other men . |
| 7 | This was an original he was very proud of this and he kept telling us about this . |
| 8 | ‘ I meant to tell you about that . |
| 9 | His grandad had told him about that , years later , when he was about fifteen . |
| 10 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 11 | He wished the coroner had told him about this ! |
| 12 | Timex management had told him of substantial losses in recent years and of the possibility of another massive deficit this year . |
| 13 | Timex managers had told him of heavy losses in recent years and the possibility of more losses this year . |
| 14 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 15 | George had told him in private the reason for Sarah Butler being packed off to Leeds , and he had realised then that her infatuation for George was an obsession . |
| 16 | I was remembering what my father had told me about other conquering heroes who had tried to attack the great bear . |
| 17 | If you had told me about that when I was a child , I would n't have believed you . |
| 18 | One of the Kirkwoods from Woodbrook had told me about these wondrous isles , where fiddlers played Gaelic melodies to fisherfolk who danced on the quayside . |
| 19 | I remembered , however , that my father had told me of this sort of thing happening in the past , and the sands had always returned over the following few weeks and months . |
| 20 | Some of the stories people had told me in that room would make your hair stand on end . |
| 21 | He had told her of that morning 's meeting between the local Tories and Norman Fowler . |
| 22 | And as he held his finger to his lips , she remembered that he had told her in strict confidence that the complex belonged to him . |
| 23 | But we had to tell them about some modifications that needed to be done . |
| 24 | Oh , and he asked if I 'd ever seen Angy having any kind of disagreement with anyone and I had to tell him about that little contretemps with Mr Willard and young Godfrey Mellish . ’ |