Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to tell [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 2 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 3 | The longer I waited to tell her the harder it became . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 5 | Then her father returned , and she had to tell him the story all over again . |
| 6 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 7 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 8 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 9 | He took her hand , linking his long , hard fingers between hers , joining them in a physical as well as a mental bond , and suddenly Fran knew that she wanted to tell him the one thing that had fashioned her into the woman she was . |
| 10 | Part of him longed to tell her the true tale , though , sending up the dour moralistic headmaster and the schoolgirl 's screams at the sight of a perfectly natural part of his body . |
| 11 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 12 | He wanted to tell her the truth , every known particle of it . |
| 13 | He wanted to tell her the whole story then , but he was afraid of what she might think . |