Example sentences of "to tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he talked with Atkins , writes Walker , ‘ Norma and Dulcie were symbolically , sitting at the stern , neither of the men thinking to tell them of the course they were plotting . ’ |
| 2 | Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . |
| 3 | Within 24 hours , NIH security police were given the list of names and told to call each person to tell them of the theft . |
| 4 | Another time he painted a scene of the angel appearing to the shepherds to tell them of the Nativity . |
| 5 | All I can do is to tell them of the number and variety involved , and point them to some background reading . |
| 6 | ‘ To tell them about a misunderstanding ? ’ |
| 7 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 8 | He went on to tell Oliver the story of another young boy , who had gone to the police to tell them about the gang , but who had finally been hanged one morning for being a thief . |
| 9 | ‘ Supposing I offer to tell them about the Feargach Grian ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Remember to tell them about the hair , ’ Cal added . |
| 11 | He went on to tell them about the school . |
| 12 | NatWest is to contact its 5 million cardholders to tell them about the problem . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you really going to tell them about the dream ? ’ |
| 14 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 15 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 16 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 17 | ‘ What a thing to tell me at the start of a visit here ! ’ |
| 18 | But that 's what I want tomorrow morning we 'll be looking at your preparation tonight on your call and I want I want you to tell me at the end of each why you chose the route you chose right ? |
| 19 | She sent Gwenellen to sit with him , because she wanted to tell me about a telephone call from General Francis . |
| 20 | ‘ A simple phone call to tell me about the problem would have saved me all this fuss and expense . ’ |
| 21 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |
| 22 | " I want you to tell me about the telephone call this morning , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 23 | ‘ He wanted to tell me about the lion hunt Claudia organized . |
| 24 | But the mystif lovey , I need you to tell me about the mystif . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
| 26 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 27 | He did not explain what he meant , but went on rather quickly to tell me about the appointment , and for a while we talked about Cambridge , and places and people that we both knew well . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ But you were going to tell me about the business . ’ |
| 29 | Having represented the giving for a number of years on a graph , next ask what the figures have to tell you about the relevance and quality of your programme . |
| 30 | Oh I did n't te forgot to tell you about the taxi guy who came . |