Example sentences of "your [noun sg] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I exclaimed : ‘ Your Excellency tells me one thing today and another tomorrow ! |
| 2 | So stick with what your heart tells you and something will give way very soon . |
| 3 | Just a minute while your mum tells me . |
| 4 | your mum told me about her . |
| 5 | Your mum told you what ? |
| 6 | Yo , your mum told you to do it in the nude ? |
| 7 | your mum told you |
| 8 | you can leave it and get your mum to tell me later that you do n't want any more . |
| 9 | A short tag of tape on the top line of your long-net tells you top from bottom in the dark . |
| 10 | your sister telling your brother and that |
| 11 | IB4E , can your computer tell us ? ’ |
| 12 | You ca n't turn feelings off just because your mind tells you they 're rubbish ! ’ |
| 13 | As Theresa says , we usually try and censor them , try and say no , you know , leave that out , erm , it 's as if you had a kind of er censor sitting in your mind telling me , er telling you telling you er er , but it works with me too , erm what you can and can not say . |
| 14 | ( It is important at each stage to take the time to study the effect of the different types of light upon your chosen image rather than to use your mind to tell you what is happening . ) |
| 15 | I have been asked by your Committee to tell you something of Professor Cizek and his School of Arts and Crafts for children in Vienna , reproductions of whose work can be seen exhibited on these walls . |
| 16 | By using gestures which are consistent with the words — it is highly inconsistent if your boss tells you to stay calm , while rushing about , nervously playing with clothes , pens or paper clips . |
| 17 | Your daddy told you to knock it off now , if that goes over it 's in the fire . |
| 18 | Rest as much as your body tells you to , and if you are at work , get your feet up in the lunch-hour . |
| 19 | Remember that first Christmas when she put the cat among the pigeons by saying to me your husband told me that he ca n't really afford he 's flying because you spend all his money , when I , when I 've been backing him , saving money for his aeroplane and his lessons and |
| 20 | It seemed , however , that she was not , for she suddenly switched the conversation by saying , ‘ Your husband tells me that your temporary housekeeper is leaving soon and your maternity nurse is being replaced by a young nanny . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And it was your place to tell me , Fernando , ’ Ruth tore out . |
| 22 | The minute your gran told me about it I knew it was n't true — and so did she , or suspected as much , anyway . |
| 23 | ‘ Your wife told you about this ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ So why did n't your wife tell us about it ? ’ asked Dexter . |
| 25 | ‘ And why did your friend tell you all this ? ’ |
| 26 | Your friend told me they held vigils outside the Soviet embassies all over the world when I was arrested and when Sakharov went on hunger strike . |
| 27 | Is A whether you and I think that this is er erm , if you can forget what your friend told you about |
| 28 | Your friend tells me there might be complications — you fell heavily , did n't you ? ’ |
| 29 | It 's either you get pregnant , your friend tells you about contraception , or your mother , apart from that , tough . |
| 30 | ‘ Your unconscious tells me different . ’ |