Example sentences of "tell [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I left her £10 and asked her to please tell the warden if she saw her again so that he could call me with any news . |
| 2 | Tell the catering guys to take some polaroids and fax them through to us . |
| 3 | A path directive is the way you tell the PC operating system or the software in use where to locate a particular data file or program . |
| 4 | Hewitt ( 1989 : 139 ) , for example , writes : " most locals could more or less accurately tell the race of an unseen adolescent speaker — where non-locals or at least those unfamiliar with inner-London speech might report knowing only that Cockney was being spoken . " |
| 5 | This is quite consistent with Hewitt 's remark that " most locals could more or less accurately tell the race of an unseen adolescent speaker " ( see above ) . |
| 6 | No , it 's your policy that if you tell the lie often enough people people believe it . |
| 7 | ‘ Tell the Chief , ’ he said ominously , ‘ that I 'll be wanting a word with him . ’ |
| 8 | Tomorrow I 'll turn up here again at ten and tell the taxi to wait . |
| 9 | ( David Rockefellers older brother Nelson , who had recently died , had been almost a friend of the Shah ) Would either of them fly to Morocco and tell the Shah that the US government preferred that he did not come to America right now ? |
| 10 | " When you 're ready , go to the Cutcherry and tell the Magistrate . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought of Andy , ’ I tell the floor , looking down there , avoiding McDunn 's eyes . |
| 12 | It would make sense to design studies that accommodate human forgetfulness and error and , in particular , to provide instructions that tell the patient what to do when a day is missed . |
| 13 | He 'd board the chopper when he 'd finished his drink , tell the pilot to take him to London Airport . |
| 14 | During the subsequent flight , the computer puts out a series of warning signals which tell the pilot when he can make noise , and when he can safely cut the engine power . |
| 15 | When people ask us a question some of us always tell the truth and some of us always tell the opposite . |
| 16 | Sometimes , especially in Romantic music , I tell the orchestra , ‘ Now play everything as you played it but play a 4/4 bar . |
| 17 | Tell the Constable to lock up these vagrants overnight — the whole pack of them . |
| 18 | Tell the warder to address your ramblings to ‘ Feedback ’ , |
| 19 | In fact he asked that you tell the Prince 's headquarters that he 's gone back towards Charleroi . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Tell the Prince we 'll be at the crossroads in one hour , ’ he told Sharpe . |
| 21 | He likes to get other people — usually me , of course — to do the dirty work : make the awkward telephone call , tell the gardener who comes for four hours a week that he has ruined the asparagus bed , speak to Tom 's teacher about his appalling arithmetic . |
| 22 | They assume that plant some will be preferred over plan some in the context Tell the gardener … because planting and gardeners are semantically related . |
| 23 | And tell the widow Benedicta to help you . |
| 24 | Try and tell the housewife they do n't work . |
| 25 | If you want to organise your energy bills to be paid monthly instead of quarterly , tell the gas and electricity boards at this stage . |
| 26 | If you need to have your gas fire or gas cooker connected when you arrive at your new place , make sure that you tell the gas board that you need someone there on the day . |
| 27 | ‘ For instance , should a child who has run away from home ring and ask that their parents be contacted , then the counsellors will do that and tell the mum and dad concerned where the child is , ’ she says . |
| 28 | Tell the lady next time you see her that she can have her chapel . |
| 29 | So she said , Look here my dear girl , she said , you go back and tell the lady that you |
| 30 | ‘ Tell the boy to bring this back on the 20th of March or there will be a fine of five rupees . ’ |