Example sentences of "tell [pron] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |
| 2 | Tremayne came to collect me from the hospital afterwards and told me on the way to Shellerton that Mackie had got through the court ordeal bravely . |
| 3 | As a matter of fact , one of the men from Scotland Yard , a very nice inspector , told me on the way out that the whole thing was a waste of time as far as he was concerned . |
| 4 | You know what he told me on the way home ? |
| 5 | ‘ Who told you by the way — that I talked to Nicola about the presenter 's job ? ’ |
| 6 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 7 | In the numerous " guides " which have been published over the years the entries are almost always short as in the many editions of Black or Baedeker , often copied , give a general description of the island and tell nothing about the way the people lived . |
| 8 | In the numerous " guides " which have been published over the years the entries are almost always short as in the many editions of Black or Baedeker , often copied , give a general description of the island and tell nothing about the way the people lived . |
| 9 | What do you want now , ah , that 's it push me over you are n't half cheeky , no wonder Mary tells me off the way I treat ya , ah ? |
| 10 | ‘ I work two , maybe three , nights a week , ’ she tells me on the way to the flat she shares professionally with Barbara . |
| 11 | Well you 'd better get in , you can tell me on the way up . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll tell you on the way home . |
| 13 | ‘ My dear fellow , did I ever tell you about the way two men and two ladies I once met on Mykonos made love ? ’ |
| 14 | could , could you tell us about the ways in which you as a child used to try and get some money for yourself and the family ? |
| 15 | ‘ From what Superintending Constable Aplin 's been telling me along the way , if we can solve one , we 're likely to find the perpetrator of the other . |
| 16 | We have known for years that there are many wrecks which could be of historical value , telling us about the way in which vessels were constructed and , from their contents , about how ordinary people lived in times past . |
| 17 | It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it . |