Example sentences of "tell they the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bill Barnes took off with two others , one I believe was Orr , and had climbed to about 2,000 feet after making contact with the Malta Tower who told them the raid was coming in low and very fast . ’
2 Paul doubted it , and his fears were confirmed when the assistant told them the price .
3 He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before .
4 ‘ We told them the money would go to other children who do n't have any toys and , worse than that , do n't have any food or anywhere to live . ’
5 To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king .
6 In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her .
7 ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . )
8 Girls of various shapes and sizes paraded in front of the boys while she told them the prices so that they would be sure they had enough money on them .
9 That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ?
10 I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here .
11 We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient .
12 who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles
13 They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders .
14 ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow .
15 Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable .
16 I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’
17 Very hard , very hard I told the lads I told 'em the union about it what he done that day .
18 So something happened there at that house , we told 'em the house number , where the lamp 's situated , we gave 'em all the information they they need but we still ca n't get any response .
19 Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations .
20 This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit .
21 By Thursday , some journalists were reporting that a Royal aide had told them the marriage was ‘ clearly not made in heaven ’ .
22 There at the start of the working day , giving you , you 've got ta say that next step and tell them , okay , if you can say so what , you have n't told them the benefit .
23 She had not told them the whereabouts of the lavatory .
24 And had she told them the reason that was at the back of the suggestion , they would not have believed that either .
25 But he 's , he just really has to get in touch with one of them and tell them the prices .
26 Tell them the advantages .
27 Different respondents may use different frames of reference unless we tell them the purpose of the rating procedure .
28 We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately .
29 Tell them the company has n't taken a stance at all , that our analysts are still working on it . "
30 then , then just tell them the facts you know ?
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