Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The caller told them to say the man 's full name out loud . |
| 2 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
| 3 | If Nigel was there she gave them blankets and told them to use the sofa . |
| 4 | Speaking to shareholders at the company 's annual meeting , Mr Sherwood told them to resist the advances of a predator . |
| 5 | Neighbours told them to ring the hospital . |
| 6 | Once inside her room she 'd called reception and told them to get the police . |
| 7 | You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while . |
| 8 | Once the commotion had died down , he told them to break the time pencils and get to work . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Newley told me to do the RTI expense sheet this morning . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 11 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 12 | On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter . |
| 13 | She told me to lift the lid , and there inside were packed hundreds of balls of different coloured wool . |
| 14 | ‘ You told me to take the Riverton file down to the vault . |
| 15 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 16 | Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table . |
| 17 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 18 | ‘ Bring nothing with you , ’ she had advised and , laughing uproariously , told me to keep the taxi window up . |
| 19 | Then he suddenly told me to fetch the chopper from the cellar . |
| 20 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 21 | My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger would n't respond . |
| 22 | ‘ She told me to get the small details right from the start — things like hair , clothes , likes and dislikes — because it 's the small details that define an individual . ’ |
| 23 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 24 | Oh everything , they give me a stack of batteries , they told me to change the batteries after every three tapes |
| 25 | ‘ I told you to take the feet off , ’ said Patrick . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I told you to do the potatoes ? |
| 27 | I told you to keep the new ones separate . |
| 28 | Kathleen Woodward 's mother of the 1890s was the one I knew : mothers were people who told you how long they were in labour with you , how much you hurt , how hard it was to have you ( " twenty hours with you , " my mother frequently reminded me ) and who told you to accept the impossible contradiction of being both desired and being a burden , and not to complain . |
| 29 | First of all , I think Stapleton told you to write the letter to Sir Charles and to ask him for help . |
| 30 | He was watching this house at ten o'clock and then told you to follow the two gentlemen who came out of it . ’ |