Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He told them to wait a minute and shoot us down , ’ Anna May whispered into my ear , ‘ like dogs . ’ |
| 2 | I told them to put a tourniquet on my arm and give me some morphia , whereupon one of them started to bandage my wrist and the other went off to ask what morphia was . |
| 3 | The caller told them to say the man 's full name out loud . |
| 4 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
| 5 | If Nigel was there she gave them blankets and told them to use the sofa . |
| 6 | I told them to spare no expense . ’ |
| 7 | Speaking to shareholders at the company 's annual meeting , Mr Sherwood told them to resist the advances of a predator . |
| 8 | Neighbours told them to ring the hospital . |
| 9 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Once inside her room she 'd called reception and told them to get the police . |
| 11 | You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while . |
| 12 | Once the commotion had died down , he told them to break the time pencils and get to work . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 14 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 15 | When I ran in Pinsk in 1985 , children in the street started to follow me , until officials told me to use a park . |
| 16 | He told me to use a call box . ’ |
| 17 | On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter . |
| 18 | She told me to lift the lid , and there inside were packed hundreds of balls of different coloured wool . |
| 19 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 20 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 21 | ‘ You told me to take the Riverton file down to the vault . |
| 22 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 23 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 24 | Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table . |
| 25 | The first woman to reply told me to bring a bottle of wine . |
| 26 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 27 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 28 | I did a 50% water change and phoned the manufacturer who told me to keep an eye on things . |
| 29 | ‘ Bring nothing with you , ’ she had advised and , laughing uproariously , told me to keep the taxi window up . |
| 30 | ‘ They got down to forty-five-second intervals , and I asked Gabrielle if she 'd mind not giving birth until the end of the episode , but she told me to find a nurse — fast . |