Example sentences of "tell i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 2 | The council told me just to stay there the weekend . |
| 3 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 4 | He told me just to run around and do some starts , which is the way I guess most athletes begin when they join a club . |
| 5 | I , I can remember erm when we ever had women in from the country they 'd say , oh yes , y y my mother told me always to take raspberry , raspberry leaf tea . |
| 6 | Well , there was a silly ole cow workin' in the office an' when I went in there she give me a dirty look an' told me ter take a seat . |
| 7 | ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 9 | She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea . |
| 10 | Their teeth and jaws can inflict such damage that an expert fisherman once told me never to put a finger in even a dead pikes ' mouth . |
| 11 | ‘ Ray told me never to lose my individuality , always to believe in what I did best . |
| 12 | The German Friends of the Earth 's people told me never to do the washing on Monday mornings . |
| 13 | And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling . |
| 14 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 15 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 16 | Nobody has told me before to pack up , why are you bringing it up today ? ’ |
| 17 | Okay well tell me no tell me please do because |
| 18 | " The Koran tells me never to drink a drop of wine . " |
| 19 | You can tell I really cared about my hair and how I looked — I was so together ! |
| 20 | ah you 've remembered to tell me today have you ? |