Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them only that , after attending Lowood school , I became a governess in a wealthy family , where an unfortunate event , not in any way my fault , caused me to run away . |
| 2 | Andrew Bergman told me later that when they went out there to make the deal , they felt like the expedition that goes into the jungle to bag King Kong . ’ |
| 3 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 4 | My Norfolk grandmother told me too much education spoilt a girl for a good wife . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me very little . |
| 6 | I do n't know why ’ Constanza told me that when she told me so little else . |
| 7 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 8 | I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much . |
| 9 | They were new to the Colony , but my mother told me as much as she knew about them in advance . |
| 10 | Watching the flames shoot up the chimney , he told himself firmly that marriage was out of the question . |
| 11 | I have to say once again that this , once again sorry I told somebody else this , this is the most attractive product we do I believe . |
| 12 | We told you earlier this year about the Mabbott & Griffith Mini Vac ( January issue ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I told you too much sun was bad for you . |
| 14 | I told him either that file went up the Hill maybe with the list he 'd recruited or it all went in the shredder . ’ |
| 15 | Julia told him as much as she knew . |
| 16 | Bienvida had red hair when she was born but later on it turned dark , so that told her very little . |
| 17 | The next day she had the whole thing in perspective again , especially after she did find Louise at lunch and told her as much of the story as she could without mentioning Tom Russell . |
| 18 | She had the terrible feeling that if she told her too much , gave her an excuse to poke and pry , somehow , all the safe fabric of their lives would be rent apart . |
| 19 | The parents , instead of applauding her , called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard . |
| 20 | Mr. Bonanza had told me earlier that day of his intention to get the girl away that night , but unfortunately he had a stomach disorder which caused him to postpone the trip twenty-four hours . |
| 21 | Helen 's told me so much about the place . |
| 22 | Anna-Marie 's told me so much about it . |
| 23 | You 've told me so several times , ’ she said with a flash of her old spirit . |
| 24 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 25 | In fact I expect he 'll be mad I 've told you that much . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've told you too much already . ’ |
| 27 | If you 've told him as much as the time , you 're out ! ’ |
| 28 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 29 | Leeson , by nature taciturn , had told her very little about the original photograph and nothing at all about the research he and the Bristol archivist had done on it . |
| 30 | The Doctor had told her that many times . |