Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgot to tell them it had cancer ! |
| 2 | Louise : Well , you 'll just have to tell them it 's a new fashion ! |
| 3 | I was trying to tell them it was n't so hot yesterday and then coming out and out you know . |
| 4 | Mr Grierson said : ‘ They come and ask where the beach is and you have to tell them it 's 250 miles away . |
| 5 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 6 | He used to tell me it was never intended . |
| 7 | I 'm told it 's nothing personal ( it 's never anything personal in racing — a fellow who had just put me through the wing at Naas visited me in hospital to tell me it was nothing personal ) , but the end result is the same . |
| 8 | She phoned me in Buenos Aires to tell me it was all over , before the world knew . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to tell me it 's unsuitable ? ’ |
| 10 | With a flourish I fastened the middle button of my new suit ( off-white with charcoal seaming : I 'm not sure about it I wish you were here , I wish you were here to tell me it looked okay ) , eased my hands into my trouser pockets , and ambled loosely across the street . |
| 11 | He pecks at my face to tell me it is all right . |
| 12 | Are you trying to tell me it was somebody 's fault ? |
| 13 | They said well your husband 's car 's been vandalised and they think it 's you that 's done it so we 've come to arrest you so she said oh I thought you 've come to tell me it were me daughter that was dead and he said , he said what you talking about ? |
| 14 | He says , you go and tell , go and tell your family and , she 's embarrassed said well erm erm , and if I did , do n't worry he said , I know you , I know your family situation , I know your background , you do n't have to tell me it , I know it all ! |
| 15 | I 've got to tell you it was disgusting . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , ’ fluttered Miss Harker , ‘ considering everything you have told me … which I am quite sure you believe to be true even though I am sorry to tell you it can not be … |
| 17 | I do n't have to tell you it was Aubrey who reminded me you 'd be twenty-one on the fifth . |
| 18 | A small cross appears at the bottom right hand corner of the cell border , to tell you it 's the current cell . |
| 19 | And I 've got to tell you it 's erm , an area which they ask questions about very frequently . |
| 20 | She says it 's a full cream and I 'm delighted to tell you it 's a frilly bloomer . |
| 21 | And finally tonight Moseley rugby club have come up with a very different approach to pre-season training , I have to tell you it is not what you 'd expect from the lads from the Readings . |
| 22 | I was jolly well tempted to tell him it 's those wretched Frenchmen . |
| 23 | I 'm going to tell him it 's my time of the month , if he tries to go too far . |
| 24 | Lying rigid , her cheeks burning , she wanted to tell him it was all right , that she wanted him too . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , but I was damned if I was going to tell him it had been OK 'd . |
| 26 | ‘ No — ’ she wanted to tell him it would n't be diplomatic , but it was no good going into the events of the day with Marc hovering within earshot ‘ — things are all right . |
| 27 | He then came over to [ a WPC ] to tell her it was n't really an accident . |
| 28 | I had forgotten to tell her it was a ‘ paid for ’ home . ) |
| 29 | But when he came along to tell her it was dinnertime he persuaded her to come down . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose , ’ she went on , ‘ I would have had to tell her it was dead , eventually . |