Example sentences of "tells [pers pn] this " in BNC.
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1 | THE conductor Alan Tongue tells me this heart-warming little story with a touch of the Scarlet Pimpernels about it . |
2 | But nobody tells you this . |
3 | The soft , fine feel tells you this is pure lambswool , pure luxury . |
4 | Cross and take the path towards the youth hostel which runs parallel with the road — a green-topped post tells you this is the start of the walk . |
5 | The informants were then asked : " Is there anything that tells you this is a science fiction story ? " |
6 | The girl tells you this — this fairy-tale , and you believe it ? ’ |
7 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
8 | Their relationship is strengthened or reinforced by the fact that Pip is in love with his daughter , Estella , and as Magwitch dies Pip tells him this , |
9 | He tells her this . |
10 | All contemporary hues , every scrap of modern dialogue , every present mood , every tabloid headline , every bell clanging across the meadow tells us this . |
11 | The Hansard Society Commission report , Women at the Top ( 1990 ) , tells us this . |
12 | It tells us this this is n't doing exactly what it said here right . |