Example sentences of "tells [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few months they have been told that their primary and community health care is awful ; now the government tells them that accident and emergency departments will shut , along with 2000-odd hospital beds , when their immediate evidence is that it is hard to get into hospital . |
| 2 | And he calmly tells them that |
| 3 | Their class instinct tells them that lasting full employment is unsound from their point of view and that unemployment is an integral part of the normal capitalist system . |
| 4 | These front line workers , like the rest of us , have certain taken-for-granted ideas about ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ parenting , and they are also given expert knowledge that tells them some of the factors to which child abuse is positively related . |
| 5 | Maybe there is a favourite aunt , she tells them these stories . |
| 6 | That tells me much more about the behaviour of Oppositions than about the behaviour of Governments . |
| 7 | A little bird tells me that Scottish & Newcastle 's private jet has been spotted in the neighbourhood of Pilsen . |
| 8 | They felt very alone — my father tells me that . |
| 9 | Rush said : ‘ Everyone tells me that was the best game they 've seen . |
| 10 | A hypothetical imperative tells me that , as a rational being , I must do such and such if I desire to obtain a certain upshot , because it is the essential means to that upshot , and he who wills the end must will the means . |
| 11 | But my clinical experience tells me that for many of you , there 's no choice — other than the possibility of celibacy — for as you 've developed , you 'll have gradually realised that your sexual orientation is homosexual and that you can no more change that than the colour of your eyes . |
| 12 | My doctor tells me that leg of his must still be hurting like the devil . |
| 13 | Letterman tells me that casting in Paris is going well . |
| 14 | While he was in the lavatory , Michael tells me that , observing the large hat reposing by the overcoat , I reverently picked it up and placed it on my head . |
| 15 | Something tells me that 's the keyword in your life . ’ |
| 16 | Secondly having put up this message when I try to exit windows it tells me that 1-2-3 is still active but I can not find a way to deactivate it . |
| 17 | Their Northern Ireland president is Billy McCormick from Craigavad who tells me that membership is 200 and rising , and new recruits are always welcome . |
| 18 | I mean , my knowledge of the organisations that are there tells me that . |
| 19 | For example , ‘ Thank you , I think that tells me all I need to know about your previous jobs . |
| 20 | She pours withering scorn upon such ‘ painted poupées ’ as Joan Collins and Liz Taylor for the hours they devote to their images , as well as the men they choose as partners , but one look at the deep lines of bitterness etched into the faces of those women who renounce loving relationships in favour of cats , gardens or anything else tells me all I need to know . |
| 21 | ( That 's me , Stuart , and another mate — anyone else we know going ? ) . tells me all the Leeds tickets are sold out already so getting a ticket now means feigning cockneyism and ringing Highbury . |
| 22 | ‘ That tells me all I need to know . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ My son tells me one article appeared and he counted thirty-seven inaccuracies in it . |
| 24 | I exclaimed : ‘ Your Excellency tells me one thing today and another tomorrow ! |
| 25 | He tells me endless stories about Alice , and talks about his school quite a bit too . |
| 26 | ‘ Your unconscious tells me different . ’ |
| 27 | Joey tells me last night he said oh by the way he said you do n't wan na hire your car up er the Berry 's . |
| 28 | THE conductor Alan Tongue tells me this heart-warming little story with a touch of the Scarlet Pimpernels about it . |
| 29 | JB4 tells you that Word is saving your file |
| 30 | Stock sheet tells you that . |