Example sentences of "and tell me [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 2 | Cos somebody came up and told me which is even more rude . |
| 3 | A women sat outside her hut cooking some grass seeds for her two teenage children , both of whom were painfully thin and too weak to stand , and told me her story : Her husband had been shot months ago , and when the food ran out in her village her only choice was to come to Kismayo where aid agency food was arriving . |
| 4 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
| 5 | They talked to me about their past and told me what sort of things they like doing . ’ |
| 6 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 7 | ‘ He came to my house and told me what had happened . ’ |
| 8 | He often comes in of an evenin' and he took one look at the cow and told me what to do . |
| 9 | For in all that was said by me , I was nothing , the Lord put all in my mouth , and told me what I should say , and that from the written word , he put it in my memory and mouth ; so that I will have nothing ascribed to me . |
| 10 | When my master summoned me and told me you had written to him , at first I was angry with you for betraying my and I blessed you . |
| 11 | I said he came and told me you know |
| 12 | ‘ The reason I 'm here is because my brother phoned me and told me your cousin was in urgent need of a tutor . |
| 13 | They laughed at me and told me my fingers were no use for that work , which was true . |
| 14 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 15 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 16 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 17 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 18 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 19 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 20 | I was interviewed by the Sudan Agent in London who gave me lunch at his club , and told me I would be called before a selection board when I came down from Oxford . |
| 21 | His friend held my other hand and told me I 'd been brave . |
| 22 | Martin came in and told me I was supposed to be upstairs , Steve was has gone into where I was so |
| 23 | With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess . |
| 24 | ‘ After Nicholl was sacked Ian Branfoot took over and told me I had no future under him . ’ |
| 25 | Has anyone rung up and told me I 've won a million pounds ? |
| 26 | He seemed rather surprised and told me it was painful , but gave in . |
| 27 | He wrote and told me it was on the cards . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway , Jennifer phoned the next morning and told me it was all over . |
| 29 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 30 | When I said I was a feminist he became abrupt , as if his time was precious , and told me he could n't help me . |