Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told them at half-time that Batty was an aggressive player who would challenge hard and that they should n't expect any less — maybe I should have warned them before the start . |
| 2 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're looking a bit peaky , ’ they told her at work , and she tried desperately to conceal her fatigue . |
| 4 | He told her at length of what he would do and what she would do . |
| 5 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |
| 6 | Barry had told them at school that his Dad had bought him a tarantula . |
| 7 | ‘ They must have told you at school ! ’ |
| 8 | Wait until I tell them at home ! |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll tell them at home ? ’ |
| 10 | I confided nothing of my circumstances , merely asked Émile how he was and kept him telling me at length , without interrupting him . |
| 11 | I was telling them at school . |
| 12 | ‘ I just ca n't imagine telling them at home . |
| 13 | Smiling at her over people 's shoulders while she could not move because someone was telling her at length how much she must be missing her mother . |
| 14 | ‘ My grandad was a bronco buster when he was younger , ’ William used to tell them at school , and they 'd scoffed , even Preston , who was meant to be his Minder . |
| 15 | ‘ Hey , I ca n't wait to tell them at school . |
| 16 | And they used to tell me at home . |