Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must ask you not to tell them of our condition , however . |
| 2 | He has , the paper says , phoned the IRA to tell them of his return to Ulster , to which the reply was : ‘ Expect to hear from us tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | In a few cases , staff and parents ' views were downright contradictory , for example , when asked if staff kept them fully informed about their child 's progress , a number of parents felt staff tended not to tell them about their child 's good points whereas staff said that most of what they said to parents was positive . |
| 4 | No , he 's more likely to have been driving the Custom Shop totally insane for about two years straight , telephoning at obscure hours to tell them about his change of heart concerning the exact height of the fret-wire . |
| 5 | ABIE : To tell them about my gun . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you going to tell them about your decision to break off the engagement ? ’ he asked suddenly , interrupting her thoughts . |
| 7 | Your task is to tell them about your life and what makes you the person you are today . |
| 8 | If they want someone to work on their own initiative , don ‘ t be afraid to tell them in your application that you can do that . |
| 9 | ‘ And when , exactly , were you going to tell me of their existence ? |
| 10 | Jamila had phoned me the day after Helen and I fucked in Anerley Park to tell me of her decision . |
| 11 | After reading of Helen Wright 's good fortune in September Amicus Ivan McNeill wrote to tell me of his luck in winning a three day family trip to Euro Disney in a free draw organised at his local Esso petrol station in Ballymena , County Antrim . |
| 12 | And so , before Reldresal came to tell me of my punishment , I went to the north of Lilliput , where our ships lay . |
| 13 | I think the players would have been men enough to tell me to my face . |
| 14 | Mr Vinct brought in some of the ‘ Daily Service ’ folk to see me and to tell me about their work . |
| 15 | Her mother , Carole , continued to tell me about her daughter 's problems , just once aiming a glance at her . |
| 16 | Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood . |
| 17 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 18 | Oh , and he nearly forget to tell me about his role as ‘ mate ’ to Eric . |
| 19 | You dare to tell me about my child ? ’ |
| 20 | I would n't want you to tell me about your love affairs . ’ |
| 21 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 22 | Incidentally , you 've kind of forgotten to tell me about your visit to sonar . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , and got what he 'd refused to tell me from his wife . |
| 24 | ‘ I was just going to tell you about my love affairs . ’ |
| 25 | We are not going to tell you about our eating habits . |
| 26 | Yeah , when are they likely to tell you about your biopsy then ? |
| 27 | ‘ There was no reason to tell you of my proposal until I 'd assured myself of his agreement to it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I may just be able to tell you after his funeral . ’ |
| 29 | THE parents of murdered schoolteacher Fiona Jones want to meet the French Ambassador to tell him about their dissatisfaction with the result of the recent trial . |
| 30 | She sighed , said , ‘ Do n't ask , ’ then continued to tell him about her husband , his experiments , his painful and sudden death , and the bomb aboard the craft . |