Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly we just told them what the problem was , told them that there was ever such a nice quarry further down the road if they wanted to visit a slate quarry . |
| 2 | But , in fact , as I pointed out the minute you told me what the letters said , there was n't one line there to connect them with Chambers . |
| 3 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |
| 4 | I 'll swear the boy was alone , he told me himself the enterprise was his own . |
| 5 | Well it told you what the subject titles were . |
| 6 | If I told you what the wine cost , you would n't dare drink it . ’ |
| 7 | She apparently threatened to leave him unless he told her who the person was . |
| 8 | ‘ Locally , both the Teesside TEC voluntary sector group and managing agents in Cleveland have told me what the effects of these blinkered policies will be in the coming year . |
| 9 | ‘ Not until you 've told me what the hell happened to make you trigger shy . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps you will think that this was good news , but I have not told you who the police had arrested . |
| 11 | After yesterday 's show — all about problems in relationships — Jenny said : ‘ I have never told him what the pie was but now he will know and I hope he is sick . ’ |
| 12 | She had told him what the cat was called . |
| 13 | Well did n't we , no we have n't told him what the fault is even though have we so |
| 14 | ‘ Tell them whatever the hell you like … ’ |
| 15 | Tell me what the date is , tell me what the new lands are where once Lac Léman was . ’ |
| 16 | She said : ‘ Tell me what the story is and I 'll tell you whether your contact is any good . ’ |
| 17 | Tell me what the club was like when you first took over . ’ |
| 18 | actually tell me what the cash flow is ? |
| 19 | ‘ Now , ’ he said , ‘ tell me what the hell happened in there . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So start talking , tell me what the hell 's got into you ! |
| 21 | Tell me what the deal is . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ At least tell me what the book is . |
| 23 | Tell me what the rule is , for the usage of the s's . |
| 24 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 25 | I tell you what the littl'un the boy one night . |
| 26 | Moderator I tell you what the convenor would say six four O is it for the panel to bring forward a rite or is it for the er committee on worship to bring forward rites ? |
| 27 | I tell you what the sleeves will have to be altered |
| 28 | Hairdressers and make-up artists know who 's had what done and where , who 's had whom , when and how , and with what , where and how many times , and in the thirteen years I 've known Lynette , I have never known her betray a confidence , so I tell her what the lump is . |
| 29 | So , er tell us what the menu is . |
| 30 | The clash of cultures was illustrated towards the end of the first day : ‘ Just tell us what the standards are that we should be aiming for ’ , a publisher demanded , fed up with what he called ‘ axe grinding ’ by manufacturers . |