Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 2 | Then she hurried out to the kitchen to tell them all the news . |
| 3 | I did n't know how to begin , so began by assuming that my parents knew where I was and then proceeded to tell them all the details of the food , living conditions , pay and training . |
| 4 | Got back safe an safe and sound tt , was able to tell them all school about too , which really must have been an education for those since nobody had left the town , very far , anyway . |
| 5 | When you first have eye to eye contact everything is new , splendid , you want to do the very best for each other , you want to look your best , you want to tell them all the good things and eventually you get married . |
| 6 | Erm thirty five percent and you will have worked you will te you will be able to tell them that on the phone . |
| 7 | But once again on the phone you have to tell them that 's what you want to discuss when you come round . |
| 8 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured suavely , and from then until Mrs Novakova came in to tell them that dinner was ready he engaged her in surface conversation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the reason for why she was there . |
| 9 | Only veteran Phil Carrick has been around long enough to tell them that 45-year-old Robinson was one of the hardest working and most likeable players ever to wear a Yorkshire cap . |
| 10 | Only Frankie and Liza were in so I decided to tell them both what had happened . |
| 11 | Have n't women an intuition that is supposed to tell them these things ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to tell them some time . ’ |
| 13 | And the marriage that was being described was different from the one they had known , indeed bore almost no resemblance to it , and there was no-one to tell them this . |
| 14 | But she was , of course , unable or unwilling to tell me much more than that my son was dead , and that there were certain wounds . |
| 15 | You did n't have to tell me that . |
| 16 | Then last night the police called to tell me that Mum , Dad , Pet and Wee Charlie were missing , but that you were safe . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me that ! ’ she snorted . |
| 18 | And I said to her , ‘ I know what you are going to say — you 're going to tell me that the mother of X committed suicide . ’ |
| 19 | He had no reason to tell me that , naturally . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that old Hardiman is Con 's solicitor — and that he 's also acting for our mystery man ? |
| 21 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Bella ; Bella ? — who according to you has slept with half of London — expects you to go through this … this disgusting pantomime in order to get a divorce ? |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't need a doctor to tell me that . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean to tell me that 's what started this whole fiasco off ? |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me that , Charles . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that 's why you threatened me with Eddie 's IOUs ? ’ |
| 28 | You 've got to tell me that . ’ |
| 29 | If you say if you do n't think this is for you you 've got to tell me that . |
| 30 | Who 'd like to tell me that ? |