Example sentences of "tell you [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what line Peter gave you , but if he told you far-fetched stories about his inheritance he omitted one thing . |
| 2 | ‘ I bet she told you all sorts of tales . |
| 3 | Eighteen months previously President Kennedy had ordered the withdrawal of the American missiles in Turkey but eighteen months later those missiles were still there and when Kennedy was presented with this bargain , bargaining counter by Khrushchev he sort of shouted at his chiefs of staff and secretary of defence and anyone else he could shout at and sort of said what the hell are those missiles still doing in Turkey , I told you eighteen months ago for God 's sake get rid of them ! |
| 4 | ‘ I told you twenty times . ’ |
| 5 | I told you twenty times about that ! |
| 6 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 7 | I think I told you some months ago that I would be asking you to consider that |
| 8 | ‘ It ca n't be ; I must have told you many times before this . ’ |
| 9 | — He must 'ave told you all sorts of lies . |
| 10 | right , that 's it , you 've , you 've told me this three times and I 've told you several times as well , the , the Russians put everything they 've got into military technology , just because , just because their kids are still running around |
| 11 | ‘ I have told you these things , so that in me you may have peace . |
| 12 | They do go off the deep-end and tell you extraordinary tales . |
| 13 | Rigor rules north of the Tyne ; numerical and adjectival grades tell you different things — as they are meant to . |
| 14 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 15 | I tell you those chairs are too low now now we 're getting old . |
| 16 | I tell you those guys eat a lot better than we do . ’ |
| 17 | They tell you important things , things you want to hear , and five minutes later they ca n't remember what they 've said . |
| 18 | The manual tells you 27 stitches for every 10 centimetres of seam . |
| 19 | ‘ She 'll tell you all sorts . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you listen to Woil , 'cos given half a chance he 'll tell you all sorts of nonsense that no eagle should listen to , ’ Kraal said when Woil first started talking like this after Creggan 's arrival . |
| 21 | I know people in this sort of line of business who will sit here and tell you all sorts of |
| 22 | Ideally , you should have a duplicate set in some different place from the first — we could tell you daunting stories of lost notes . |
| 23 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 24 | I 'll tell you two things |
| 25 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 26 | The locals can be most helpful and will tell you most things you want to know . |
| 27 | No need to pretend otherwise , although I could tell you some stories … |
| 28 | I could tell you some things about them ! |
| 29 | But now we must tell you some things about the Baskerville family . ’ |
| 30 | My word , I could tell you some tales . |