Example sentences of "tell [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |
| 2 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 3 | Her teacher was white — indeed , all the teachers were white — and told them with great pride that she came from England . |
| 4 | George MacKerracher was a character in himself , and although I always suspected that he made up most of his stories , he told them with such sincerity and verve that they were quite believable . |
| 5 | Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it |
| 6 | The sheer weight of goodwill fax messages told them of this fact . |
| 7 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
| 8 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 9 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 10 | He was an assiduous and permanent gambler of modest sums , He told me on one occasion that any year in which he did not win £1,000 was by his standards a failure . |
| 11 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 12 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 13 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |
| 14 | A skinny Danish girl , who was washing her clothes in a bucket of pondwater , told me with aristocratic scorn about arriviste wastrels on the next beach who were squandering 90 pence a night on their rooms . |
| 15 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 16 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 17 | You told me about that disaster . |
| 18 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 19 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 20 | He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’ |
| 21 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 22 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 24 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 25 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 26 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 27 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 28 | George thought shrugged and said : ‘ Sprague told me in deepest confidence but … |
| 29 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 30 | The old man told me in this connection : |