Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up a number 8 brush and with bluey brown paint I drew the windows , and used a rough line to tell me where the plant at the front was . |
| 2 | ‘ Please to tell me why the house is rumbling and shaking . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And I suppose my first step on the path would be to tell you where the jade is ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'd like to talk about the needs for and the potential benefits of an industrial strategy and then I 'd like to tell you how the employers view trades unions today . |
| 5 | Erm so we then moved back towards the doorway erm and then P C requested the persons in the bed to tell him where the light switch was , which a male voice told him the approximate area where the light switch was . |
| 6 | If his successor at British Coal were appointed from within the corporation he considers that it would be impertinent to tell him how the job should be done . |
| 7 | As time went on , to avoid a whipping , I learned to tell her only the things I thought she wanted to hear . |
| 8 | William Sumption , director of a private water-development group in Alabama , says : ‘ It seems we may need Daddy to tell us where the toys are on the floor , and how to share them . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ Ace flinched a bit at his severe tone , ‘ we got into the palace , persuaded Etienne to tell us where the TARDIS was , and flew it back here . |