Example sentences of "tell us [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself . |
| 2 | ‘ He told us other rises throughout the country have averaged around 50 per cent . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He was very friendly and told us other people , but no couples , had come forward claiming to be in his picture . ’ |
| 4 | He told us terrible tales of people being crushed in crowds , of school finances being wasted on unnecessary floor cleaning bills and of ‘ softies ’ who needed seats when there was a perfectly good floor to sit on ( all the teachers were sat on chairs around the edge of the sports hall at this point , but I do n't think they took it personally ) . |
| 5 | A quarter of a century ago , Colin Buchanan told us that road-building , improved public transport and some limitations on the use of vehicles would not aloe solve the problem of traffic in towns . |
| 6 | The Minister told us that clause 12 provided for the Secretary of State to take into account representations made by those who administer the pension scheme in question . |
| 7 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 8 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |
| 9 | One reviewer told us that case reports prove nothing . |
| 10 | Er cos I think you just told us that man you know |
| 11 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 12 | The same Wordsworth , much-mocked , thought himself back to an innocent vision , told us that grass is green and water wet because he had reached beyond familiarity to some primal wonder that these things were so and not otherwise , to some mythic sense that he was giving or finding the words for the things , not merely repeating . |
| 13 | From the man who told us that unemployment was a price well worth paying , we now have the strategy for the 1990s — ’ wait and see ’ . |
| 14 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 15 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 16 | ‘ So you told us last night , Ramsay , ’ the Earl of Strathearn observed dismissively . |
| 17 | But a neighbour told us last night : ‘ It 's the talk of the estate . |
| 18 | Rather , they tell us what they told us last year — that they will maintain conditions for sustained growth . |
| 19 | He told us last May he wanted to see freight switched from road to rail . |
| 20 | You recall what that minstrel told us some weeks back , Ralf ? |
| 21 | They called us in told us some information about there being no work , then left a pile of envelopes on a table telling us we had been made redundant . |
| 22 | We walked the town walls , whilst Jessie Young told us breathtaking stories of battered Berwick 's stormy history . |
| 23 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 24 | The Phoenix Dance Company instructors told us several times that our movements were very good and at one time described them as ‘ nice . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ So you 've told us many times , ’ said Rozanov not looking up . |
| 26 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 27 | A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season . |
| 28 | It was the happening that we Hastings children had dreaded ever since our Junior School Headmaster , who also taught Physics , had told us one day in class . |
| 29 | You 've told us one point seven million disappeared in surplus |
| 30 | Criminal statistics , which reflect only the informal justice which was held compatible with these all-too-human streets , and faded photographs of carefully posed moments of tranquillity , tell us one thing about this ‘ stable and carefree era ’ . |