Example sentences of "to tell me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This is one of my favourite shows , so if you 're going to tell me a bunch of big lies about what happened to your legs , well , I 'll just go back to watching my show . ’ |
| 3 | I should now like to take a look at your suitability for this particular job , ’ or ‘ If we could move on from your qualifications I 'd like you to tell me a little more about your personal interests and hobbies ’ . |
| 4 | Kirsty was able to tell me a great deal of what had taken place in the operating theatre . |
| 5 | During the afternoon drinking in Barcelona , I ask him to tell me a joke . |
| 6 | ‘ I doubt there is a single child in the entire school who has read that book , and here you are , an unhatched shrimp sitting in the lowest form there is , trying to tell me a whopping great lie like that ! |
| 7 | People will have to tell me a million times before it gets through to me . ’ |
| 8 | MR RICHARDS : First of all I d like you to tell me a bit about what you 've been doing . |
| 9 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 10 | On the morning of the fifteenth of January , Bessie rushed up to my room , to tell me a visitor wanted to see me . |
| 11 | And although his father said : ‘ lt was thet boy o' mine ! ’ , the bent drill-furrow was always a source of leg-pulling between the two friendly rivals : ‘ You 're not a ‘ going to tell me a tale like thet , Walter Cater . |
| 12 | Some of them remained behind to tell me a length how the object was a perfect focus for their festival that was being held in memory of one of their multi-armed folk heroes . |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me a thing , ’ he said firmly , and she felt a rush of grateful affection . |
| 14 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 15 | Some of you from that part of the world will know that it 's a wonderful little shop , in fact it 's a gold mine and Jacqui 's going to tell me a little bit about her recipe for running that shop . |