Example sentences of "tell me [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Me dad told me that story abaht Bobby Peel as a lesson .
2 I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake .
3 ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain .
4 Reason should have told me that instant acceptance was too much to ask , but I was overwhelmed by my emotional need for an endorsement , however small , of my situation .
5 You 're not telling me this Council driver ca n't go any quicker cos he 'll try to get back to before , before twelve o'clock
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