Example sentences of "tell [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 2 | When an exasperated Bassett eventually did tell them to shut up , two of them immediately demanded police action because THEY had been offended and an investigation ensued . |
| 3 | Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that . |
| 4 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 5 | The first one is the erm , er , or so , when directs authority over somebody , will , we do n't , we ca n't tell them to do it , we have to influence or persuade them to do something . |
| 6 | Oh I know what I 'd tell them to do an all , returned |
| 7 | Somebody should tell them to bugger orff and catch some criminals . ’ |
| 8 | Players of this game put out one ‘ bait ’ after another hoping that someone will tell them to stop it . |
| 9 | All we do there again is , we 'll tell them to stop , if they do n't stop we 'll get on the on the the phone to the polices and let them deal with it . |
| 10 | You can tell them to let people die , but not to limit their arms . ’ |
| 11 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 12 | If those at the Tate do not believe that the acquisition of one picture a year is sufficient to keep its contemporary art collection up to date , the Government could tell them to use the powers in the Bill to dispose of works of art . |
| 13 | And I did n't have any Treas keys so I could n't tell them to use the help service . |
| 14 | You can tell them to go , but if they refuse to go there is n't much you can do . |
| 15 | You may tell them to move in , and purchase what they need . |
| 16 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 17 | I could just tell them to get there , be there , keep watch there , because he 's bound to be there , has to be there , there of all places . |
| 18 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 19 | You can tell them to fire the building and they 'll do it and watch themselves burn . |
| 20 | The cast , all in full costume , are standing near their initial cue points , eyes riveted on one man , the sweep of whose arm will tell them to start acting out the next episode of Doctor Who . |
| 21 | We should tell them to forget about having their banns read and advise them stay just good friends . |
| 22 | Ca n't they tell them to keep their stupid heads down ? |
| 23 | So the next time you have it streaked do n't tell them to keep those bits out of it . |
| 24 | They can choose to use felt or crayons if they have them , but we ca n't really tell them to buy them . ’ |
| 25 | Should Michelle tell them to bring him over ? ’ |
| 26 | and like the thing is obviously like the first realise there on a and they try to stop it , why are you stopping for , remember you are in the British army , if you disobey orders you 'll get a court marshall really started laying onto them , and like they 've started again and like the first bloke obviously got to the fucking water , cos he 's stopped again , one man one sides shouting out and round the other side shouting out and they have they 've all gone in , they must of thought fuck it and they 've all just fucking marched into the sea , and we marched them in , tent was only about that much above water , and we 've lasted thought , this is the thing that got me , he , he shouted at him , cos we , we , we managed to get them and that , he said right , right , go in , go in and tell them to come out , what , I said what , can you just pop in and tell them to come out , I said over here sarge , he said you disobey an order |
| 27 | you can tell them to clear off . |
| 28 | ‘ Would you tell everyone to get a move on ? ’ she asked a startled nurse . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll tell everyone to bring a bottle , and if we get some money , we can telephone for pizzas so we do n't have to do any cooking , ’ said Sam , her enthusiasm mounting again . |
| 30 | And do n't tell me to breathe it out . |