Example sentences of "tell me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not tell me for what crime , and I did not raise the subject with Jean-Claude . |
| 2 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 3 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 4 | You ca n't tell me to . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , while you 're here supporting your partner you can tell me to my face why you intend walking out on me a second time in my life . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless do not tell me of it , even to confirm me ; for it is what we can not analyse or arrange , any more than the rich simplicity of childhood . |
| 7 | Could you tell me of any water proofing kit for my 1987 One Ten . |
| 8 | ‘ You must go and then you can tell me of it afterwards . |
| 9 | No expert could tell me of a product to cure the problem . |
| 10 | More violent crimes than that performed by the jealous woman did not occur among the Chewong while I was with them , nor could anyone tell me of others in the past . |
| 11 | Fergus held his breath ; he thought : now will she tell me of my parents ? |
| 12 | He did not tell me of his coming to Bourani as a man tells something that chances to occur to him ; but far more as a dramatist tells an anecdote where the play requires . |
| 13 | Can you tell me of your knowledge that it is not so ? ’ |
| 14 | Someone will probably tell me of the almost incredible persistence of the Karroo sandstones of southern and eastern Africa , or the Nubian sandstones across North Africa into the Middle East , or the Dakota Sandstone in the American West . |
| 15 | Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’ |
| 16 | It is too late now to ask the right hon. Gentleman what he intends to do about that , as he will lose his job over it on 9 April , but can he tell me of any other Government who have allowed their textile industry to bleed to death in that fashion without helping it ? |
| 17 | Can you tell me of your first involvement with the support group ? |
| 18 | ‘ And I 'd be grateful if you 'd just tell me without the need to shake it out of you . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps the hon. Lady will tell me under which of the three Conservative Governments since 1979 the average rate of inflation was remotely near that of the Labour Government from whom we took over . |
| 20 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
| 21 | Mr Yossi Sarid , of the leftwing opposition Citizens Rights Movement , quoted from the lyrics : ‘ Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her eye . |
| 22 | Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her childhood . ’ |
| 23 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 25 | Faith did not tell me about this , you know , she would have realised how angry I should be . |
| 26 | There is nothing you can tell me about solicitors and the ways of the law with regard to legacies , Isabel . |
| 27 | However , he did tell me about the Women 's Therapy Centre . |
| 28 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me about him before ? |
| 29 | ‘ Will you tell me about how the body came to be discovered ? ’ |
| 30 | What does that tell me about myself ? |