Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to tell [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 2 | I hate to tell you the D S S are on an economy campaign and they no longer issue envelopes . |
| 3 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to tell you the truth . |
| 5 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 7 | ( On first hearing of Aviv 's findings , Plaskett reportedly exclaimed : ‘ You mean to tell me the CIA has been using Pan Am planes to run drugs ? |
| 8 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 9 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 10 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 11 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 12 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 13 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 14 | He wanted to tell her the truth , every known particle of it . |