Example sentences of "[adj] to tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it . |
| 2 | The shroud thrown over the subordination of women in the mining communities has much to tell us about the myth of the " archetypical proletarians ' . |
| 3 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 4 | She was taking a secretarial course , and I was able to tell her about the importance of that work in hospital . |
| 5 | Some shops will even be able to tell you over the phone exactly what wind and waves are doing . |
| 6 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 7 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |