Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We do n't tell them of the major side effects for fear of losing them ’ Field worker , Kenya
2 Are you gon na tell them about the naked .
3 Or would you tell them in no uncertain terms to leave immediately ?
4 Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’
5 ‘ I will be seeing the physio Peter Rostron today and he will tell me about a possible scan .
6 ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus .
7 You 'd better tell me about the other night .
8 Well she wo n't tell me about the other one .
9 Is there anything you can tell me about the two young women who died after they had been working in this house , Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers ? ’
10 Now can you tell me in a wee bit more detail how you did that ?
11 As one born a ‘ Cockney ’ I can tell you of the great Catholic priests who lived among the poor of the East End of London — and loved them into the Kingdom of God .
12 Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem .
13 But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job .
14 Did n't Celia tell you about the awful time she had giving birth to Donna ? ’
15 " Sit beside me on my carpet , then , and I will tell you about the golden apple and the nine peahens . "
16 We have not yet resolved all the detail but I should tell you about the key aspects of these changes so that we can go forward together to put the new arrangements successfully in place .
17 I wish I could tell you about the new brand names that have entered my life to take their place alongside Sony , Miyake , Commodore , Brother , Byblos , Hitachi and Nintendo — Mama and Papas , Baby Gap , Avanti , Ultra-Togs , Mama Toto , Mini/Man .
18 Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ?
19 Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ?
20 Well er my mother went down the yard , I wo n't tell you about the other , sister .
21 Any computer shop will tell you about the various comms packages available for your machine , though bear in mind that some can be quite difficult to set up ( and that most American software can not handle the Prestel standards ) .
22 Let let me tell you about the damned side effects of this drug , because people are entitled to know what they .
23 Did Charles tell you about the proposed merger ? ’
24 This is all I can tell you about the rapid modification process ; it has the effect of diminishing the prominence of events and combinations of events that normally occur together , giving prominence to new associations .
25 The TIC can tell you about the local brewers Tetleys ' Heritage Inns , including the 1,000-year-old Bingley Arms at Bardsey .
26 Some individuals have no worries ; they have planned the event for years , made maximum pension contributions , carefully invested their savings , covered themselves and family in insurance policies , budgeted ahead and can even gleefully tell you about the exotic round-the-world trip they intend to take just as soon as their new life begins .
27 Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently .
28 I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening .
29 Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ?
30 He also carefully counts the local council votes in all the wards which affect his constituency to see what they can tell him about the likely outcome of the parliamentary election .
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