Example sentences of "tell you [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told you to take the feet off , ’ said Patrick . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought I told you to do the potatoes ? |
| 3 | First of all , I think Stapleton told you to write the letter to Sir Charles and to ask him for help . |
| 4 | and they say not to eat apples and oranges , er , at one time they told you to eat the lot did n't they apples a day keep the doctor 's away . |
| 5 | Signor Diomede said to give you his compliments and tell you to take the morning off . |
| 6 | Interest rate : Where spreadsheet manuals tell you to insert the interest rate into a formula , you should use the required rate of return per period . |
| 7 | For many older people this brings back memories of the means test in the thirties , when the visiting officer would tell you to sell the piano before you could receive any payments . |
| 8 | And if this were any other place I 'd tell you to get the hell out of here and out of my life . ’ |
| 9 | He covers himself , see , by telling you to bank the money . |
| 10 | The pre-punched cards are marked on the previous row as well , to tell you to push the button on the colour changer for the new colour . |
| 11 | ‘ I was going to tell you to change the locks . ’ |