Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was the first pro bout between twins and the only way the 400 spectators could tell them apart was by the colour of their shorts . |
| 32 | I can never tell them apart . ’ |
| 33 | If you can not tell them apart , would two fish of the same sex fight ? |
| 34 | Sir Walter Scott called barefoot and ragged wild mountain Scots lads ‘ gillie wetfoots ’ , saying he could not tell them apart from the fairies who ‘ beat the bushes ’ . |
| 35 | ‘ At the moment we can only tell them apart by taking a sneaky look at the name-tags in their jumpers . |
| 36 | N : I had a dream , it was a great dream where everyone was one colour and all the same height and nobody could tell them apart |
| 37 | The calls of killer whales vary from group to group and these dialects are so distinct that people can tell them apart . |
| 38 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 39 | These three sentences will almost certainly find some robust difference beyond the initial three words that will reliably tell them apart . ’ |
| 40 | But when she was very sad she understood that sorrow casts out fear , and then the murderer could call with a few of his friends and she would tell them wearily to bugger off and they would go , since , after all , there can be no satisfaction in murdering the dead . |
| 41 | So you gon na tell them tomorrow . |
| 42 | They choose to tax as much as they want to and they choose to spend as much as they want to and no one can tell them otherwise , there is no central control over that . |
| 43 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 44 | You must tell them off every time they do something you do n't want them too . ’ |
| 45 | you can tell them off and then this , they do n't , they do n't so many things then |
| 46 | ‘ I had never heard of this before , and you can imagine the complaints from customers , we could only tell them once the police had told us . |
| 47 | Oh , but you are , but you must tell them afterwards . |
| 48 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 49 | I shall take your Christmas pudding with me , and the box of dates too , and I shall tell them all how you came this morning with presents and decorations and then found the mistletoe for me ! |
| 50 | I mean if you 're saying that by not communicating everybody 's performance gets better , let's tell them all not to talk to each-other |
| 51 | I would tell them all where to go . |
| 52 | With luck the senior Girl would tell them precisely what they could or could not do , and when they had to return to the Club . |
| 53 | They do n't tell them how infrequently the trucks leave , the red tape you 've got to go through . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ You can tell them how badly you want them to find Joe for you , then . ’ |
| 55 | When interviewed by the author at the age of ninety-six , Edith Whalley said , ‘ Do n't tell them how old my sister and I are , luv . |
| 56 | ‘ You can tell them how much you love the work , ca n't you ? ’ |
| 57 | ‘ How can I tell them how I feel about it ? ’ |
| 58 | Will the Minister tell them how he proposes to cut the days-at-sea restriction by introducing effective conservation measures , including a one-net rule , square mesh panels and a ban on industrial fishing ? |
| 59 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 60 | Er we ca n't tell them how to use the money , we presume they will do that , erm this is a significant increase on the amount that the Conservatives seem to be suggesting which is just I think deputy heads so there are a hundred and forty thousand er deputy heads to go . |