Example sentences of "tell [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The easiest way to catch them is with a three-pronged spear , but do n't tell that to fishermen . ’ |
| 2 | Do n't tell that to Spike ! . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe you should tell that to Artai . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You must tell that to the court ! ’ he roared . |
| 5 | I do tell that to the press . |
| 6 | Well you can tell that to the Treasury , or to the Marines . |
| 7 | Who did I tell that to ? |
| 8 | I ca n't tell that with McDunn sitting there ; it would be like telling my father . |
| 9 | I 'm sure his practice is constructive ; you can tell that by his results , but everybody 's different . |
| 10 | ‘ He was really sad , and you can tell that in the pictures . |
| 11 | How can any woman tell that in thirty seconds ? |
| 12 | He is an ‘ insider ’ : an ex-member of MI5 , rising to deputy director ; but you could not tell that from this book . |
| 13 | But it was all right , she thought ; she could tell that from the indecision of the woman 's manner . |
| 14 | Let me tell each of you the truth , one by one . |
| 15 | It comes with its own good reviews in the form of sleevenotes which make amusingly extravagant claims , including that it is a record about ‘ how you sometimes feel like the sky will peel away like a mask and reveal something more brilliant behind ’ , which may tell some of you not just a little of how this record sounds , but how it got to sound that way too . |
| 16 | Will she tell some of her hon. Friends that a recent independent study has shown that if the basis of representation in Scotland were equated with that in England , the Conservative party in Scotland would cease to be an endangered species and become an extinct species ? |
| 17 | Maybe more so than say Sandwick and I find like Rendal folk you could tell some of them even yet . |
| 18 | How often we hear one person tell another to ‘ relax , as if it were the easiest thing in the world to do ? |
| 19 | That 's what they will be getting because I can tell this to the Tories , let's be quite honest that with the throw up the the people put their trust in the Tories and I do n't think they 'll ever do it again . |
| 20 | She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks . |
| 21 | You can generally tell this by the sort of questions you are asked ; |
| 22 | Anybody can tell this from common sense . |
| 23 | She had looked forward to long satisfying talks with him , when she could tell all about her feelings and all the worries she had kept to herself for so long , but it was not easy for Joe to spend time alone with her . |
| 24 | ‘ They say you can tell all about a person from looking at his books , ’ said Constance , who had become addicted to book-collecting since she had acquired a car-load of secondhand volumes from a fair in the Midlands . |
| 25 | The cat is someone Alice can talk to and someone she can tell all of her problems to , ie. complaining about the game of croquet . |
| 26 | Of course you have to take into account the basic personality of the patient ; some will tell all without needing to be questioned , others need tact , diplomacy and perseverance to get any symptoms from them . |
| 27 | His concluding words were : I do not find it easy to stand here and tell those of you who are deaf that you have had a poor education , and that your children are having the same poor education . |
| 28 | I tink it is important fe tell dis to people |
| 29 | At my suggestion , Karen did n't tell any of her friends either . |
| 30 | Why did n't you tell any of us ? ’ |