Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the least I can do is tell them all what a great bloke you are ! ’ |
| 2 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
| 3 | He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these . |
| 4 | ‘ Bring them into the kitchen , please , ’ she said , her hands clasped tightly together , ‘ I must tell them all the bad news personally . ’ |
| 5 | At other times Fagin would tell them all about robberies he had committed in his younger days , telling the stories so well and putting in so many funny details that Oliver could not stop laughing , even though he knew it was wrong . |
| 6 | Shall I tell them all what I 'm doing ? |
| 7 | Joan and Dennis will tell me all about it I 'm sure and I expect I will get a Christmas card from Kylie and her mother and father , ’ she added . |
| 8 | And why tell me all this ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll make a pot of tea then you can tell me all about it . ’ |
| 10 | Do tell me all about it ! ’ she begged ; and Breeze enlightened her as far as she could , without referring to the business of the wallet . |
| 11 | We seated ourselves and he regarded us expectantly , so I opened with , ‘ Can you tell me all about lymphomas and can I see a lymph node ? ’ |
| 12 | Not only did he tell me all the train times I needed to know ( without so much as a sigh ) , he also found out how I might get from Elstree station to the BBC studios . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't tell me all these lies , ’ she laughed . |
| 14 | Do come and tell me all about the latest fashions in London . ’ |
| 15 | So why do n't you tell me all about this experiment of yours ? |
| 16 | Do let's chat again some time and you can tell me all the gossip about Buck 's new tenants . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you must tell me all about it . |
| 18 | ‘ In a moment you can tell me all about Richard . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , I remember … when I said you never talked about your parents , and you told me that one day you would tell me all about them . |
| 20 | I expect she 'll tell me all about the new job then . |
| 21 | Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ? |
| 22 | And it w not like today the supermarket , every corner shop had it 's own particular news of the world you know and my mother-in-law used to go down and she used to come up and tell me all these things about the things that were going on . |
| 23 | ‘ Let's get as drunk as you think we have to , and you can tell me all the reasons I 'm so childish . ’ |
| 24 | I though we 'd sit on her step , like we always did , and share out the Cadbury 's , and I 'd tell her about our school and she 'd tell me all about the nuns and everything , but when she opened the door she just stood there , all clean and different in her stiff long uniform still , and said , " I ca n't possibly play out tonight . |
| 25 | ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen . |
| 26 | Cos he 'd report there was a there were n't enough water inside the place , so he said to my father , say to him , he 'd say er do n't you tell me all thick he 'd say , I dredge the bloody river , he say . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose you 'd better tell me all about it . |
| 28 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You must come and tell me all about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You can tell me all that over the phone . ’ |