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Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	A lot of Scots came this way via the Northern Line from King 's Cross and they were giving their Scottish concert in the concourse when a heavy metal band arrived and told them roughly to move .
2	But he was resented by long memories in those who had fought a war ; by Churchill 's men for weakening the morale of the Air Force through his attacks on area bombing ; by the school of Lord Vansittart which loathed Germans and said that Nazis were typical of that race , and hated a bishop who told them never to identify the true Germany with Hitler .
3	Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family .
4	I told them always to hold their heads up high because , at the end of the day , this family is as good as any other .
5	She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't !
6	The council told me just to stay there the weekend .
7	I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated .
8	He told me just to run around and do some starts , which is the way I guess most athletes begin when they join a club .
9	I , I can remember erm when we ever had women in from the country they 'd say , oh yes , y y my mother told me always to take raspberry , raspberry leaf tea .
10	She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea .
11	Their teeth and jaws can inflict such damage that an expert fisherman once told me never to put a finger in even a dead pikes ' mouth .
12	‘ Ray told me never to lose my individuality , always to believe in what I did best .
13	The German Friends of the Earth 's people told me never to do the washing on Monday mornings .
14	And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling .
15	As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again .
16	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 ’ .
17	I told you just to count them . ’
18	I told you before to get some mince and put potatoes in and that , see
19	‘ I told you never to come here ! ’
20	Mother always told you never to laugh at other people 's misfortunes .
21	A least that was what she told herself afterwards to excuse her instinctive response to his lips .
22	They then drew alongside him and told him again to put his hands on the handlebars .
23	They told him repeatedly to leave his wife .
24	In November 1252 , for example , the king told him both to seek timber for the new roof of the abbey and to see that a great new bell was hung before the feast of St Edward : he was not to leave London until it was done .
25	‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’
26	I told him also to get cheese moments and scampi fries , and he may stop at McDonald 's . ’
27	Rory was late for their appointment , and when he arrived , Holdfast told him dourly to close the door and join him at the biggest table .
28	The driver twisted his head round for instructions and Tait told him gently to carry on .
29	Meredith told him twice to give it a bit more blood and thunder , but it was n't in him .
30	Jim had stomped downstairs wiping the blood off his face with a handkerchief and later it had been Jo and Lisa who had packed his bags and told him never to come back to the house .