Example sentences of "tell i one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the fell , near where Deepdale meets Dentdale , is a farm called Coventree , which , Miley Taylor told me one night in the Sun Inn , is named after a tree beneath which the hairy crones of Dentdale would hold their covens and throw eye of newt and armpit of toad into the stew while waiting for the Dales equivalent of Macbeth and Banquo to come riding out of the night . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 3 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me one thing , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Tell me one thing , baby . |
| 6 | ‘ Great King , ’ I said to him , ‘ just tell me one thing . |
| 7 | ‘ Just tell me one thing , ’ I said urgently . |
| 8 | ‘ Tell me one thing , dear Rose . |
| 9 | But tell me one thing , Howard . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell me one thing , Elwyn , ’ she said softly . |
| 11 | ‘ Your eyes and your lips tell me one thing ; your mind , your voice , your hands protest … |
| 12 | ‘ My son tells me one article appeared and he counted thirty-seven inaccuracies in it . |
| 13 | I exclaimed : ‘ Your Excellency tells me one thing today and another tomorrow ! |
| 14 | Has it to do with what you said as you 'd tell me one day ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Excuse me , sir , but could you tell me one thing ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Catherine , ’ he said , ‘ you must tell me one thing . |