Example sentences of "tell me a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 2 | Another school-dinner lady in Wigan told me a typical tale : |
| 3 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 4 | ‘ The vice-minister of the atomic energy industry told me a nuclear plant was being built to cope with the power shortage , ’ said the defector . |
| 5 | ‘ Our manager Nigel Best told me a Celtic representative from Scotland would be watching me . |
| 6 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 7 | He told me a bleak story of life out there in the fax field . |
| 8 | ‘ So — you 're admitting to having told me a blatant lie ? ’ |
| 9 | Jay had told me a certain amount — about the offers of money if he left the deal clear for someone else . |
| 10 | Wait a minute cos I might not get it right , tell me a big number |
| 11 | Tell me a little bit about each one of them . |
| 12 | Liz , tell me a little bit about it , I mean , er there er gardening is a very therapeutic thing to do anyway is n't it ? |
| 13 | Tell me a little bit about er Libra . |
| 14 | Would you tell me a wee bit about that ? |
| 15 | And er , could you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 16 | Now er Now could you tell me a little bit about your school life ? |
| 17 | Can you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 18 | Er could you tell me a little bit about the schools you went to ? |
| 19 | Could you tell me a little bit about when you first moved to Harlow , because it interests me very much the fact , I did n't , I was n't aware that you lived in a , house that was |
| 20 | Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 21 | erm Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 22 | He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself . |
| 23 | You 're not supposed to be aware of it , you 're supposed to say normal , we sat in a pub last night and this man started telling me a dirty joke , so that 's on it . |
| 24 | " And how can I be sure you are not telling me a little mentirola ? |
| 25 | Kirsty was able to tell me a great deal of what had taken place in the operating theatre . |
| 26 | Some of you from that part of the world will know that it 's a wonderful little shop , in fact it 's a gold mine and Jacqui 's going to tell me a little bit about her recipe for running that shop . |