Example sentences of "tell them [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 | Now tell them firmly to leave your inner sanctuary . |
| 6 | But when she was very sad she understood that sorrow casts out fear , and then the murderer could call with a few of his friends and she would tell them wearily to bugger off and they would go , since , after all , there can be no satisfaction in murdering the dead . |
| 7 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
| 8 | Be telling them then to grow up in er Westminster . |