Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let's tell them we are going to take them back without compensation . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I hope John does n't hear about the bombing , or our Eileen or Joe before we can tell them we 're all safe , ’ Anne said . |
| 3 | And Mum , if Dave and Anna call round for me tomorrow morning can you tell them we 've gone to the Prince Charles baths and to come there , and Mum , I went to the shoemender 's to collect my sandals , but they were shut and I need them for tomorrow evening because — Oh , thanks Mum . |
| 4 | How can we tell them we 're really real and really here ? |
| 5 | Well , did n't you tell them we 're going out tonight separately and then there 's the |
| 6 | Their relations and old schoolfriends would tell them they had stepped out of their class , which in fact they had . |
| 7 | I can tell them they will never , ever return to Barnet while I am chairman if they are captured . ’ |
| 8 | I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’ |
| 9 | Mr asked why we should close our homes and let private homes profit erm , if people choose either to go into the private sector or to stay into their own homes , what are we supposed to do tell them they 've got no choice but to keep our substandard homes going ? |
| 10 | Do n't wan na tell them they 're se , they 're gon na smoke . |
| 11 | They thought she might be having a baby , and if she really wanted to hurt them she could tell them she might be . |
| 12 | She did not tell them she had never had a job , had been supported by a husband she had left . |
| 13 | Because I was telling Mary to see what she says do n't tell them she says , that your she says , do n't tell them that your windows are steamed up , she says , before you get the double glazing in . |
| 14 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 15 | So do n't tell them I told you , but the subject of spectator behaviour is under scrutiny at Augusta , of all places . |
| 16 | Yes , you can tell them I 'll be speaking to my mother as soon as she gets back , tonight . |
| 17 | My parents used to ignore me when I used to go home and tell them I 'd won a race . |
| 18 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 19 | At least he could tell them I 'm alive and all right . |
| 20 | He would meet American women of all kinds whose faces he imagined would reflect mixed nationalities , and he would tell them he was an actor who had performed before the Queen . |
| 21 | If only he could tell them he was all right , in good shape , considering … . |
| 22 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 23 | Tom told him he should n't do it , should tell them he was n't going to co-operate any more . |
| 24 | I 'll tell them you can borrow it at any time . |
| 25 | I can tell them you 're experienced . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If I were you I would n't tell them you have . |
| 27 | Shall I tell them you 'll be there for it ? ’ |
| 28 | They 'd tell you they would n't do your job , and you 'd tell them you would n't do theirs ! |
| 29 | I 'll tell them you pushed that other bastard out of the train and tried to kill me . ’ |
| 30 | Now that she 's vented her spite for the evening , she wo n't even notice you 're missing , but if anyone asks I 'll tell them you 're suffering from toothache . ’ |