Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] three [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |
2 | ‘ Well , I suppose you 've told them three times as much as you 've told me , ’ said Connon from the door . |
3 | The evangelist who tells us three times that Jesus contracted his perspective to concentrate on Jerusalem and that at Jerusalem the disciples had to await the coming of the Spirit that would equip them for mission , ends his second volume with a triple reminder that this good news , beginning from Jerusalem ( Luke 24:47 ) reaches Rome ( 19:21 ; 23:11 ; 27:24 ) . |
4 | I had dinner with an actor the other night who managed to tell me three times throughout the meal that he was 50 . |
5 | She had to tell me three times before it sunk in . |
6 | Some of the horror stories that I hear are horrendous , but I want to tell you three issues that I do actually know about . |
7 | At each stage of the research we interviewed people all over Scotland asking them to tell us three things : |