Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , from the moment they can talk , they should be encouraged to explain why they have done something you told them not to do and given time to do so , especially when they are still clumsy or slow with words . |
| 2 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 3 | and Richard goes no Rebecca just told me not to do it , so you should n't |
| 4 | Who told me not to do it , put salt into the water then ? |
| 5 | It was my dreaming son who told me how to do this . |
| 6 | The German Friends of the Earth 's people told me never to do the washing on Monday mornings . |
| 7 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 8 | Jacqui , I told you not to do that . ’ |
| 9 | She told herself not to do it , to turn away from him , to get out of the house . |
| 10 | He told him not to do that , he said just pay when you got some and |
| 11 | Told him not to do the garden until I 've finished . |
| 12 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |
| 13 | Son told us how to do it once , so he got the book out and he said , oh , then he gave up in the end ! |
| 14 | How many times had I told her not to do it ? — to wait . |
| 15 | Do n't make me think about it , just tell me how to do it ! |
| 16 | Just tell you not to do it . |
| 17 | Tell you how to do , see , right Gail ? |
| 18 | Tell her not to do her nails at the table . |
| 19 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 20 | Can you tell me how to do this and if you need to varnish it ? |
| 21 | Although I 'm not being like one of these people who does everything and then tells everyone not to do it . |
| 22 | This chapter tells you how to do it . |
| 23 | This seemed to relate closely to my problems , but I have to admit it took me a while to pluck up the courage to do that deadly and dangerous deed ( that everyone tells you never to do ) to my machine ! |
| 24 | I ca n't say she was pleased or overjoyed , but she said , ‘ You 're at the age where I ca n't tell you not to do it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Nobody can tell you how to do your job . ’ |
| 26 | But if you 've got any doubts , if you 're in any doubts at all go to your local E board or some electrical supplier , a reputable electrical supplier , and they will tell you how to do it properly . |
| 27 | And Sue will tell you how to do it . |
| 28 | I 've got everything right , actually what I did and I could n't give you , I have n't got a clue , trigonometry , well I could n't tell you how to do it , I should |
| 29 | But it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three or seven minus , minus three , for example but it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three , or seven minus minus three where you have to add or subtract a negative number . |
| 30 | But it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three or seven minus , minus three , for example but it does not tell you how to do four plus minus three , or seven minus minus three where you have to add or subtract a negative number . |