Example sentences of "[adv prt] to tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaited bamboo walls curled tightly round a stout frame of beech poles , cut and stripped by Rima with the big bush knife he had brought up from the trade-store when Joseph had run down to tell him the news . |
| 2 | Peggy very nearly cried out to tell him the letter was hers , but thought she 'd better not . |
| 3 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 4 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |
| 5 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 6 | Here I lie , about to tell you the legend of the Other Side . |