Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that old Hardiman is Con 's solicitor — and that he 's also acting for our mystery man ? |
| 2 | ‘ You were about to tell me some bad news . ’ |
| 3 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
| 4 | Charles , I have to tell you some bad news . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , Mr. Preston , I 'm trying to tell you this whole thing the way it happened . |
| 6 | Mr Stuart-Moore alleged that Alison 's murderer had forced her to tell him this personal detail after handcuffing her , torturing and assaulting her before killing her . |
| 7 | Is the right hon. Gentleman trying to tell us that other Community Governments , many with economies more successful than ours , do not care about employment , about costs and about competitiveness ? |
| 8 | But I 've left that sort of civil liberty out of this motion today , because we ca n't deal with all the , because we ca n't deal with everything all at once , but perhaps it can be tou touched at council , because we had Colonel , who also does n't like to be confused with the facts , trying to tell us that next year the , or the year after next , budgets will be cash limited , but I 've got news , they already are cash limited . |
| 9 | We shall fail to get the best out of the European Community , because our leaders will continue to be afraid to tell us that shared success in the Community means sharing sovereignty too . |