Example sentences of "but tell [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose somebody read to you , without telling you the author , but telling you the date — the early seventeenth century lines like this ‘ But let my due feet never fail to walk the studious cloisters pale and love the high embowered rough with antique pillars and and storeyed windows richly dyked , casting a dim religious light , there let the pealing organ blow to the full-voiced choir below in service high and anthems clear , as may with sweetness through mine ear dissolve me into ecstasies and bring all heaven before my eyes . |
| 2 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
| 3 | But to tell her the truth ? |
| 4 | I suppose this was partly to do with the heat — it is very hot here at present — but to tell you the truth I do n't remember very much about it . |
| 5 | Actually he majored in Phys Ed , but to tell you the truth , Rickie was always a slow learner . |
| 6 | " But to tell you the truth , I sometimes feel like clearing out of this warren altogether . |
| 7 | This publicity is a recent development , but to tell you the truth , when I was a teenager date rape was simply a fact of life . |