Example sentences of "want to tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to tell you the truth . |
| 3 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 4 | As void and null as her feeble attempts to find out what he did n't want to tell her the night of the paella . |
| 5 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 6 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 7 | He wanted to tell her the truth , every known particle of it . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |