Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 2 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
| 3 | ‘ She told me much the same as Miss Rose . |
| 4 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
| 5 | The steward told me how the management , had by chance , come across records of the women 's wages . |
| 6 | Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS . |
| 7 | ‘ The tavern wench at The Bull told me how the landlord glimpsed the young lady and her companion riding through Godstowe . ’ |
| 8 | Descriptions told you where the routes went , not how hard they were . |
| 9 | Erm and I told you how the extroverts would behave . |
| 10 | The Pay Sergeant had thrust a Railway Warrant into his hand and told him where the baggage had been dumped . |
| 11 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel like I 'm in prison and I do n't understand the crime , ’ she told him once the preliminaries were over . |
| 13 | When the boy told him how the police had made the arrests , the Prince called the division commander , whose men had arrested the twenty-four , to listen to what the boy had to say . |
| 14 | Rachel quickly told him how the heart attack had happened . |
| 15 | ’ The instincts of Robert Louis Stevenson — that sanguine consumptive with the heart of a child — told him much the same : |
| 16 | ‘ I told her where the door was , because I knew she would keep the secret . ’ |
| 17 | Ace took the note and read it , finding that it told her where the Doctor and Howard had gone . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep . |
| 19 | Carrie dropped to her knees to examine the ankle making sympathetic noises as Seb told her how the accident had occurred . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be easier if you told us where the drugs are , sir . |
| 21 | In her address , the Matron of Barnsley District General Hospital and also the Chairman of the Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital and Comforts Fund Committee , told us how the money raised last year had been used . |
| 22 | Yeah and she 's just ch told me completely the opposite . |
| 23 | ‘ Now look , as my secretary has told you just the six times , I am totally booked for 1990 and I ca n't possibly … oh dear … |
| 24 | ‘ I 've told you only the truth , my lovely one , ’ he breathed , and this time Fabia raised her head and kissed him , then found that she was the one being kissed , so expertly too that when eventually Ven pulled back she was feeling on a totally different plane . |
| 25 | and when Siegfried swears to marry and save Odette after she has told him how the wicked Von Rothbart turned her into a Swan ( Swan Lake , Act 11 ) . |
| 26 | Colt had known the driver for eleven months , and he knew he was good because the Colonel had told him how the driver had once handled an ambush . |
| 27 | So I said I did n't want to deal through somebody who was n't really gon na be fighting in our corner , and I 'd rather put a paper to their committee an and tell them where the problems were , and ask how they were gon na get round them . |
| 28 | They were all in a room near the adjutant 's office , waiting for Woolley to get off the phone to Corps H.Q. and tell them where the day 's flying would be . |
| 29 | Tell me why the man is as he is . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , shut up and tell me when the Ship is going to get here . ’ |