Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
2 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
3 | ‘ The tavern wench at The Bull told me how the landlord glimpsed the young lady and her companion riding through Godstowe . ’ |
4 | Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS . |
5 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
6 | The steward told me how the management , had by chance , come across records of the women 's wages . |
7 | The Pay Sergeant had thrust a Railway Warrant into his hand and told him where the baggage had been dumped . |
8 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
9 | Rachel quickly told him how the heart attack had happened . |
10 | ‘ I told her where the door was , because I knew she would keep the secret . ’ |
11 | ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep . |
12 | Ace took the note and read it , finding that it told her where the Doctor and Howard had gone . |
13 | Carrie dropped to her knees to examine the ankle making sympathetic noises as Seb told her how the accident had occurred . |
14 | In her address , the Matron of Barnsley District General Hospital and also the Chairman of the Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital and Comforts Fund Committee , told us how the money raised last year had been used . |
15 | Yeah and she 's just ch told me completely the opposite . |
16 | ‘ I 've told you only the truth , my lovely one , ’ he breathed , and this time Fabia raised her head and kissed him , then found that she was the one being kissed , so expertly too that when eventually Ven pulled back she was feeling on a totally different plane . |
17 | Colt had known the driver for eleven months , and he knew he was good because the Colonel had told him how the driver had once handled an ambush . |
18 | They were all in a room near the adjutant 's office , waiting for Woolley to get off the phone to Corps H.Q. and tell them where the day 's flying would be . |
19 | Tell me why the man is as he is . ’ |
20 | ‘ Oh , shut up and tell me when the Ship is going to get here . ’ |
21 | ‘ Please tell me when the Ship is going to arrive , ’ said Masklin patiently , ‘ and then shut up . ’ |
22 | Well Zoe said tell me up the school |
23 | ‘ Just tell me where the gennleman wants to go . ’ |
24 | ‘ Tell me where the jade is . |
25 | Tell me where the shop is , and I 'll go . ’ |
26 | ‘ Tell me how the world 's different . |
27 | Now these actually each each tray should have one and they actually tell you where the stuff comes from . |
28 | I tell you where the jade is and you 'll … you 'll … ’ |
29 | Tell 'em where the bedroom doors are . |
30 | Now , tell us where the book is . |