Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 2 | I told them always to hold their heads up high because , at the end of the day , this family is as good as any other . |
| 3 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 4 | ‘ Ray told me never to lose my individuality , always to believe in what I did best . |
| 5 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 6 | I told you just to count them . ’ |
| 7 | A least that was what she told herself afterwards to excuse her instinctive response to his lips . |
| 8 | They then drew alongside him and told him again to put his hands on the handlebars . |
| 9 | They told him repeatedly to leave his wife . |
| 10 | Meredith told him twice to give it a bit more blood and thunder , but it was n't in him . |
| 11 | Well , hippies — they told us never to trust them , did n't they ? |
| 12 | If it had been any other soldier , he would have told him sternly to pull himself together and be a man . |
| 13 | Now tell them firmly to leave your inner sanctuary . |
| 14 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 15 | No , they would simply tell him again to mind his own business and send him another note composed of gibberish . |
| 16 | Letting all her breath out on an achingly shaky sigh , and telling herself firmly to pull herself together , that seeing a bride always made her feel weepy and was nothing whatever to do with Feargal , she walked along the landing to stare from the end window . |
| 17 | it 's just to tell you just to show you how efficient that er our callers would be in a fire . |