Example sentences of "and tell [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 2 | Then Tess went up to her mother , put her head on Joan 's shoulder , and told her the whole story . |
| 3 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 4 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 5 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 6 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 7 | ‘ Then go to Rebecque and tell him the bad news . ’ |
| 8 | I ’ m going to write to James , and tell him the true story . |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |
| 10 | Now , before speaking to that person , whether your boss or partner , ask your mentor to inspire you and to tell you the right time , to choose the right place and to give you the right words and the correct approach — and to help the other party accept what you have to say . |
| 11 | There is , however , an inevitable logic to the appropriation of her meticulously constructed image , a process which the artist was mocking as early as 1933 : ‘ … some of the gringa women are imitating me and trying to dress ‘ a la Mexicana ’ , but the poor souls only look like cabbages and to tell you the naked truth they look absolutely impossible . ' |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't wait to see shear waters again , ’ I said brightly to the Warden when he came to check that we understood about Calor gas , to remind us to boil the drinking water and to tell us the exact procedure of what to do if we fell down a cliff . |