Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Kleinsorge told them as cheerfully as he could , ‘ There 's a doctor at the entrance to the park . |
| 2 | Put on my mettle , I told them as simply as I could of how Tony , Poll and Doreen had made their ‘ Feast ’ , burying their doll ( I substituted doll for scouter ) and covering the mound with flowers ; and how , at the end , as a simple token of courtesy or affection , Tony had presented his penis for Doreen 's pleasure . |
| 3 | So I rang the hospital and told them very calmly that we 'd be arriving shortly , then I woke up Tony and — thinking I had loads of time — ran a bath . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Just go back to Lévy tomorrow and sell the other vase , ’ Jean-Claude told me rather conspiratorially when Félix had gone to his bucket . |
| 5 | ‘ She agreed to marry me , but she told me straight away that she would n't be able to live in England all the time , and I told her I could n't live in L.A. |
| 6 | But Eliot , of whom he made some absurd insinuations , imputing plagiarism , told me later on that he found Belgion an exceedingly tiresome man to deal with . |
| 7 | Time told me more immediately that it was five-thirty , the hour of return to the dining room , and I returned to find every single seat already taken , the passengers having learned fast . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh Lydia , ’ she said , ‘ you told me only yesterday that you did n't want any children . |
| 9 | I saw that she still wore an engagement ring , but she told me very quickly that her fiancé had been a bomber pilot and he was dead , and it was not the same man she had been engaged to when she joined up . |
| 10 | I told you once before that I was selfish . |
| 11 | Fael-Inis told him very gently and very nicely , but you ca n't expect him to be other than quite dreadfully upset , can you ? |
| 12 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 14 | He walked swiftly beside the trolley as they wheeled it towards the Theatre lifts , and Kath told him as rapidly as she could what they had established . |
| 15 | It was to his girlfriend in Harare and he told her straight away that he was showing the French a thing or two , but it still was n't like the old days with the Rhodesian Light Infantry . |
| 16 | The two students who were watching over her told her very sensibly that if she tried to drive the car she 'd probably kill herself . |
| 17 | He told us on more than one occasion that he could not himself contemplate coming down from the House of Lords and denuding it of himself as well as its leader . |
| 18 | I 'd have told you straight away if I had done . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , Tess , I have told you often enough that I have no wish to set up in Belgravia , Harley Street , or Wimpole Street , ’ said Dr Neil quietly , refusing the sandwiches which a servile McAllister was handing him . |
| 20 | Dealt with me himself , and never told anybody so far as I know . ’ |
| 21 | Why had n't she told him straight out that she was not his cousin 's girlfriend ? |
| 22 | Control had told him often enough that the agency would never surface in his defence if anything went wrong . |
| 23 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 24 | Gloria said , ‘ If you want to use the Smiths ' swimming pool , ’ — for Nutty had told her quite plainly that she did — ‘ friday night is your night . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ If somebody had known the bloody rules , they could have told us straight away and it would have been no problem at all . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State has told us once again that the whole package , including the Scottish element , is based on the assumption that there will be longer warning times of any conflict — up to a year instead of a matter of weeks or a month . |
| 27 | He takes me aside a couple of times and begins in a soft Welsh lilt : ‘ I was thinking , now this might not be a good idea and tell me straight away if you do n't like it … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me as simply and quickly as you can , Bernadette , where does Mother Clare think that Eve is today ? ’ |
| 29 | Com , coming out the back tell me how just as I 'd gone by the door and er |
| 30 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |