Example sentences of "tell you [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Just wanted to say hi , and tell you about the message . ’ |
2 | She rang erm a le , did she tell so , did , mum tell you about the time she had erm some calls about two in the morning ? |
3 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
4 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
5 | I 've got friends who are war correspondents and soldiers and rugger captains and they all wept buckets — if you believe what they tell you down the pub . |
6 | They , they , they actually tell you in the queue . |