Example sentences of "to tell me [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 2 | ‘ What a thing to tell me at the start of a visit here ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ A simple phone call to tell me about the problem would have saved me all this fuss and expense . ’ |
| 5 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |
| 6 | " I want you to tell me about the telephone call this morning , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 7 | ‘ He wanted to tell me about the lion hunt Claudia organized . |
| 8 | But the mystif lovey , I need you to tell me about the mystif . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ But you were going to tell me about the business . ’ |