Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 2 | I told her all the justifications and apologies had to go . |
| 3 | A thousand times , I told her half an hour ago . |
| 4 | He had told them many a fairy story and when they checked , they returned more furious than before , dragging him out of his dirty , fetid pit back into the great vaulted torture chamber to be questioned once again . |
| 5 | But I have told her all the stories and rhymes I know and she is getting bored . |
| 6 | ‘ I would not say he has always told us all the truth , ’ said Cadfael mildly , ‘ if that 's a matter for his conscience . |
| 7 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 8 | Local negotiators like me take a lot of stick and I 'm just gon na pass that stick straight on to you , because my members tell me all the time , I pay one thirty five a week , well so do I . |
| 9 | I says well Blackpool then , did all the routes you know , tell you all the routes that you can take for you know , and that took what fifteen seconds , twenty seconds or something to work that out , maybe there 's not a lot to er alternatives |
| 10 | But she said erm I wan na just tell you all the others that have n't made it , we 've just said well I 'm sorry . |
| 11 | He 's gon na sell me out and tell you all the Kirby ones . |
| 12 | Talk to him , tell him all the details of what we have here and see what he says . |
| 13 | ( That 's me , Stuart , and another mate — anyone else we know going ? ) . tells me all the Leeds tickets are sold out already so getting a ticket now means feigning cockneyism and ringing Highbury . |
| 14 | ‘ Let's get as drunk as you think we have to , and you can tell me all the reasons I 'm so childish . ’ |
| 15 | Not only did he tell me all the train times I needed to know ( without so much as a sigh ) , he also found out how I might get from Elstree station to the BBC studios . |
| 16 | Can you tell me all the sort of work that you were al er engaged in ? |
| 17 | Do let's chat again some time and you can tell me all the gossip about Buck 's new tenants . ’ |
| 18 | when we were at Carrie 's at the weekend I said you must tell me all the birthdays again , because I ca n't find them . |
| 19 | You have to have a licence to have a C.B. and when you get your licence you also get given a rule book which tells you all the things you are and are not allowed to do and say when using the C.B. One of the rules is that you are not allowed to swear down the C.B. as anybody can listen into your conversation and hear you swearing . |
| 20 | It tells you all the mistakes he made , before he finally saw the light . |
| 21 | Yes but it tells you all the facilities of print . |
| 22 | If you now set your mind to do so , it will tell you all the components , reasonable and unreasonable , of your fury . |
| 23 | Now let me tell you all the news . ’ |
| 24 | But they would tell you all the time that oh I do n't need to advertise |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't tell you all the details yet , ’ Mould explained . |
| 26 | You 're not gon na be able to enjoy it , but I 'll tell you that every week . |
| 27 | ‘ 6ft 2 ½ in and I can tell you half an inch makes all the difference . ’ |
| 28 | Lastly , he made up his mind to see Charlie the Pigeon , who could tell him all the things happening in the neighbourhood , because he could fly so high + see so much . |
| 29 | How could I tell him all the reasons for my unhappiness ! |
| 30 | Yeah well my husband 's talking about getting one of those because I mean after I did n't tell him all the details |