Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | on on discussions on the basis of what I tell them on the phone . |
2 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
3 | I tell him about the whisky story and the chill-filtering and the colouring but he already seems to know it all . |
4 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
5 | I tell him about the old garage under the arches . |
6 | I tell him about the cramps , feeling like a child who has fallen and cut herself , demanding sympathy . |
7 | So I tell him about the search for her , and he sits and listens . |
8 | Aye , the , the , as I tell you about the . |
9 | ‘ I tell you in the Welsh town of Abercwmboi [ the accent was bogus Welsh ] |
10 | Notice what Jesus says in verse seven , he says , I tell you in the same way there 'll be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
11 | I tell you in the same way , there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents . |
12 | And that 's why we tell them and there are some other things you tell them on the phone of course which you 'll find out about on the training school . |
13 | ‘ But you tell them about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ . ’ |
14 | So you tell them about the thirty five percent you tell them about the banker 's order that will need signing . |
15 | So you tell them about the thirty five percent you tell them about the banker 's order that will need signing . |
16 | ‘ I feel it , when you tell me of the apparently acceptable behaviour amongst your contemporaries . ’ |
17 | ‘ From what you tell me of the EC grants , he 's too damned honest , ’ Jessica laughed . |
18 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |
19 | I 'll give you the dirt , ’ he said , denying the child his treat , ‘ when you tell me about the will . ’ |
20 | I 'll trust everything you tell me on the evidence and on my instinct . |
21 | These have been judged from what you tell us in the holiday questionnaire and we have also used our own expertise . |
22 | Whatever we tell them on the phone is always per annum and we have to be . |
23 | When we tell them in the , what we say is that erm that very same person came back as a fox , or you know , that very same person came back as er you know ge goose or whatever animal it might be . |
24 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
25 | I 've got friends who are war correspondents and soldiers and rugger captains and they all wept buckets — if you believe what they tell you down the pub . |
26 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
27 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
28 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
29 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
30 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |