Example sentences of "tell you a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE TOLD you a few weeks back that multi-million pound striker Marco Gabbiadini was on the way out at Derby . |
| 2 | So it 's very likely she told you a few fibs . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 've told you once I 've told you a thousand times , ’ he said , ‘ your catapults are for stoning the Brits — not for shooting sticky buds at me , right . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've told you a thousand times we ca n't afford it , or rather , I 'm not going to afford it . |
| 5 | As the Tory pamphleteer of the Exclusion Crisis , John Nalson , had advised his readers : " If you think , and find I have told you a plain Truth … inform the Ignorant , confront the Impudent , satisfie the Doubtful and Staggering , and unite the Loyal " . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've told you a dozen times . |
| 7 | I 've told you a dozen times — I wo n't have him . " |
| 8 | I tell you a good programme which used to be on was erm oh fucking Auf Wiedersehn Pet . |
| 9 | ‘ Child , I tell you a hundred times and you do n't hear me yet . |
| 10 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 11 | Well if I tell you a little secret about this . |
| 12 | tell , tell you a big number , what big number ? |
| 13 | tell you a true story , right , tell you a story there 's nobody you 've ever seen |
| 14 | The clear lines leading the eye to the altar where the focus of the Christian life is celebrated in the Eucharistic Sacrifice tells you a great deal about Bishop Harris . |
| 15 | ‘ Sometimes it 's only the clock which tells you a good run from a bad , ’ said Martin . |
| 16 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 17 | Tells you a free-transfer player 's been taken from your squad . |
| 18 | Lord Mayor , I 'll tell you a small story . |
| 19 | I can not remember my first day hunting but I can tell you a normal day of all-day hunting . |
| 20 | Well I 'll tell you a good story about that , to s , to let you see that it was a well beaten track . |
| 21 | Properly set up and organised it can tell you a great deal about your business and in particular your customers . |
| 22 | It does n't tell you a great deal in that letter . |
| 23 | Any sailor would tell you a swift inrush of water to the mouth and nose makes you speedily lose consciousness . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll tell you a true story . |
| 25 | There the prices and you 'll see that a full page is a thou well I 'll tell you a full page is a thousand pound but we have two premium slots which we charge more for . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll tell you a funny story about that ’ . |
| 27 | I , Sir Roger Shallot , Lord of Burpham Manor in Guildford , Surrey , Commissioner of Array , Justice of the Peace , the holder of many awards and decorations , Member of the Privy Council ( believe me , that 's well named ) , Member of Parliament ( I 'll tell you a funny story about that soon ) . |
| 28 | I 'll tell you a lovely story when we had the Queen at the day before when we had had the dress rehearsal I 'd been out to erm London to pick erm up an old lady who 's now dead , who very seldom got out and was pretty well house-bound to come and see the rehearsal as a little Sunday treat |
| 29 | Well , let me tell you a short story . |
| 30 | That would tell you a few things . |