Example sentences of "tell they [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them only that , after attending Lowood school , I became a governess in a wealthy family , where an unfortunate event , not in any way my fault , caused me to run away . |
| 2 | A meeting of all the tourists would be summoned straightaway ( Ashenden felt a pair of unblinking blue eyes upon him ) — summoned to meet somewhere in the hotel ( the Manager nodded again — the St John 's Suite was free ) , and Morse himself would then address the group and tell them as much or as little as he wanted to tell them , believing , he admitted , that Rumour had probably lost little of her sprinting speed since Virgil 's time , and that most of the tourists already had a pretty good idea of what had happened . |
| 3 | And when the press come bothering , just tell them as little as you need . |
| 4 | Those of the Indus and Ganges dolphins even lack lenses , so that their eyes can tell them little more than the difference between light and darkness , between day and night . |
| 5 | ‘ They are only a nuisance , they have only inconvenienced you , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ and the letter will tell them very little . ’ |
| 6 | The doctor was able to tell them very little . |