Example sentences of "they tell us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway … they told us to hand in all our Arctic kit , fur parkas , white camouflage , etc . ’ |
| 2 | They told us of exciting events that had taken place in the valley below their house the previous year , the result of an attempted coup by Ras Hailu , the hereditary ruler of Gojjam . |
| 3 | They told us at school to ask a policeman if we got lost , and show him our yellow card with our name and address on it . |
| 4 | She said : it must be what they told us about . |
| 5 | They told us within three days of your signing on . |
| 6 | Not only are the results of such ‘ on site ’ studies of immense value for what we assume they tell us about the role of our body clock in affecting mental performance , but they also serve two further roles . |
| 7 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
| 8 | ft is as they tell us of |
| 9 | What can they tell us about the nature of an economy ? |