Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] tell [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures . |
| 2 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 3 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |
| 4 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |