Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must tell them off every time they do something you do n't want them too . ’ |
| 2 | you can tell them off and then this , they do n't , they do n't so many things then |
| 3 | I can picture Marie — how she 'd tell me off if she could see me . |
| 4 | Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest . |
| 5 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 6 | When you go to nursery you 've got ta be a good boy otherwise Mrs M , Mrs Wilkins will tell you off . |
| 7 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |
| 8 | and I wish I 'd remember that fella I 'd had , I 'd tell him off |
| 9 | He said and I 'd soon tell her off . |