Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 2 | I told it the way it felt , not as it actually was . |
| 3 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
| 4 | it does n't tell you the number it went to . |
| 5 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 6 | ‘ History books do n't tell it the way it was , ’ she murmured . |
| 7 | ‘ There are books , a book , that tells us the way it should have been . |
| 8 | Effectively , García Márquez is here waiving any claim to be ‘ telling it the way it is ’ , for the new novelists no longer share traditional realist fiction 's confident assumption of man 's ability to understand and describe the world . |
| 9 | Well , basically to tell you the truth it 's been … better in a way . |
| 10 | ‘ To tell you the truth it never occurred to me until this minute . |