Example sentences of "tell [pron] go [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He told me to go ahead and finish it . ’ |
| 2 | She told me to go away and stop pestering her . ’ |
| 3 | They told me to go home and talk it over . |
| 4 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 5 | ‘ Tony was thinking of packing it in over a month ago but I told him to go away and talk it over with his family first . |
| 6 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 7 | We entered the Manston circuit and found two Stirlings demanding emergency landings and I recognised the voice of one of my lads , Desmond Ince , and I told him to go ahead and take my turn to land . |
| 8 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 9 | And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , one of their licencees had requested this and , since it was a lucrative contract , Bernard had told him to go ahead and produce it . |
| 11 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |
| 12 | There is , everybody has to acknowledge that there is a difference in the interpretation of what constitutes justice and one only has to see er , the sorts of attitude that are put across by certain judges , as to , erm , rape cases , and abuse cases , and how they , the press would have us believe , pat people over the head and tell them to go away and not do it again . |
| 13 | She probably did tell him to go away and stop following her around , but that would n't be a reason for him screaming he 'd kill her . ’ |
| 14 | Retailers have a tendency to be quite selfish people wanting more and more of a product that is selling well , but cancelling an order and telling you to go away and solve your own problems when there 's a product that is n't selling well . |