Example sentences of "tell [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stories each picture told varied from the tragic to the hilarious : The expensive oil landscape which had had seagulls drawn on to the sky in ballpoint pen ; the ancient Highland cattle picture , swopped for food after the First World War by a travelling artist . |
| 2 | And within er a week I was told to go into the dry part , handling , in the buffing shop . |
| 3 | And the fact that are four per cent cheaper than us and as soon as I mention and increase he says , well if it 's dual source we 've been told to look at the cheapest source of supply as single source . |
| 4 | It had n't been what they 'd been told to expect by the Daily Mail . |
| 5 | ‘ All those potential young customers read it as they are told to queue by the very teachers who have been engaged in the battle against them smoking . |
| 6 | Sutton was told to get on the first train from Manchester . |
| 7 | Everybody else was told to move to the neighbouring countries of Jordan , Syria , Egypt and Lebanon . |
| 8 | But there 's even more to disagree with , particularly in the suggested preparations we are told to make for the forthcoming holocaust . |