Example sentences of "[adj] to tell [pers pn] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've found no one yet who 's willing to tell us what the collar is . |
| 2 | Those chaps in helmets who 're always willing to tell you what the time is . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 're hardly likely to tell you what the cunt 's planning . |
| 4 | Are you able to tell us what the timescale of that is ? |
| 5 | I come in and put the bedside light on , and he lies there with his eyes half-open , conscious but immobilized , as if he were under some strange paralysing drug , unable to tell me what the trouble was , unable to nod or smile or shake off his dream . |