Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [conj] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 2 | But the wisdom of age told me that this parabola of promise would not be maintained indefinitely , but would peak and then decline . |
| 3 | Her triumphant smile told me that this time Jessica 's husband had excelled himself . |
| 4 | They told me that this sort of thing happens , it 's part of training , and to stick in there and show the buggers they were wrong . ’ |
| 5 | Her friend told me that this baby wants for nothing , it is the best dressed baby In the neighbourhood . |
| 6 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 7 | hours I told him that this glimpse |
| 8 | Barbara Sewart , for instance , has angina and of course her doctor told her that this diet was particularly suitable for her . |
| 9 | The matron also told us that this patient had to go into a nursing home ‘ towards the end ’ because ‘ she needed morphine injections which the doctor would n't give otherwise she would n't have had to move to somewhere strange . |
| 10 | John then continued , ‘ If any of the police again approach you or any of your colleagues-in-crime just tell them that this thing is bigger than any of you . ’ |
| 11 | At present the flysheet is vivid purple and sky blue but Ariel tell me that this tent will appear in apple green and gold for next season . |
| 12 | People I have asked tell me that this faith was austere and fanatical , that many of its adherents gave as good as any of its martyrs got . |
| 13 | rather than I tell ya cos this thing , this thing we 're in now what 's it like ? |
| 14 | British Rail tell us that this evening 's Banbury to London Paddington train which was due to leave Banbury at three minutes past seven has been cancelled , otherwise I 've no problems to report on the local trains or buses . . |
| 15 | Mr Mason , please tell us if this gentleman 's wife is still alive . ’ |
| 16 | Now can you tell me if this marmalade 's set ? |
| 17 | Can you tell me if this Land Rover is one of the first to be factory fitted with a two litre diesel . |
| 18 | But nothing you can point to in your present situation tells you that this situation is not one in which you are mistaken . |
| 19 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
| 20 | I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane |
| 21 | Or you may return to where you bought an item and the assistant ( who served you last time ) will tell you that this shop has never stocked whatever it is . |
| 22 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
| 23 | " I would be grateful if you would tell her that this house also belongs to me . |
| 24 | Officials refused to indicate the exact origin of the material but did say that " experience tells us that this kind of material comes from Eastern Europe " . |
| 25 | Tacitus tells us that this incursion was into the territory of Rome 's allies , and this could place it in the lower Severn , where Caratacus could have linked up with the other group of dissidents in the south-west still smarting from the operations of Vespasian , who with his sea-borne mobility swept right along the south coast , taking the Britons by surprise . |
| 26 | Can she please tell us when this demise will take place and when the new transport working party will be convened . |
| 27 | His hair was almost black , heavy and smoothly groomed , swept back from a face that was icily cold , only the long , humorous-looking mouth telling her that this hostility was solely for her benefit and not some natural mannerism . |
| 28 | If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration . |
| 29 | Rather abruptly , when they 'd all opened their presents and had a glass of sherry in their hands , she said , with a shy look at Tim , ‘ Before we start our dinner we 'd like to tell you that this time next year you 'll be Grandma and Grandpa . ’ |
| 30 | I dashed across to the DC 's house to tell him that this train with several hundred refugees was standing in the station , and some shelter must be found for them . |