Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] a story " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would like to tell them a story , ’ said the aunt . |
| 2 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 3 | I 'm going to tell you a story . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to tell you a story . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I 'm not here to tell you a story . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story . ’ |
| 7 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 8 | Erm I 'd like to tell you a story about a vision of Ministry in East Wales . |
| 9 | When I 'm about to tell you a story , I thought to myself well stories that Jesus used to tell were parables and when I looked at them in the bible they had a kingdom meaning to them . |
| 10 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 11 | Tom handed him a towel and after he had dried himself and had his hair rubbed and combed and had put his pyjamas on , he sat down on the pouffe by the armchair while Tom sat ready to tell him a story . |