Example sentences of "[conj] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | She repeatedly phoned Landlords , but was either unable to get an answer or told that manager Howard Keizner was unavailable . |
| 2 | What about the people who wrote or told us life stories : how far can they be taken as typical ? |
| 3 | As we became well known , people kept things for us or told us of toys they had spotted . |
| 4 | Three of the four he had interviewed personally had been evasive , or told outright lies . |
| 5 | None of the patients ' spouses or carer had been shown or told how to give the drops . |
| 6 | To relieve the tedium of the days they sang , or told stories to Enoch . |
| 7 | ‘ One man wrote or told it in a book ( the Bible ) , another in a picture . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to have my own artistic input into it and not be dictated to or told what to do . ’ |
| 9 | Some described a future Anne unmarried and unhappy , for instance , or told of her helping and subsequently marrying the second-ranked , male student . |
| 10 | Although this is also true , we might not be surprised if the judge interrupted this witness and accused her of being facetious , or told her not to waste time . |
| 11 | ‘ Would you rather I simply agreed or told the truth ? ’ he asked . |
| 12 | As the car chugged down the M1 motorway I stopped cursing my bad luck and thought of how we could have made the first descent if only we had concentrated on the job in hand and not got the press involved or told so many people all about our daring endeavour . |
| 13 | But er there was a whole range of things like , Put in the hand and and erm they thought you were n't eating plenty or told to and supper . |
| 14 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 15 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 16 | And it was just a pity that the material she was given or told us to read , she said was too advanced for us . |
| 17 | It was only then that George Shultz , Reagan 's secretary of state , learned the president had actually signed an order authorising the arms shipments on 17 January and that he had not been consulted or told . |
| 18 | Mrs Whitehouse was also centrally involved in two major public campaigns which had at their heart questions of sex education and , in particular , what children should be shown or told . |
| 19 | Your local library , Citizens Advice Bureau , or the Social Services Department of your local authority will be able to give details of help available in your area or tell you where detailed advice can be sought . |
| 20 | He 's not going to warn Shatov or tell the police , he 's going to make a statement ‘ for general edification ’ — words but no deeds , a turn towards sanity and life that might have been , and a horrific-comic Possessed moment of subtlest art . |
| 21 | People at a studio might call me , or tell the act to get in touch with me direct . |
| 22 | The Rev Norman Shanks , its convenor , said yesterday : ‘ There is no attempt to embarrass the Government or tell people how to vote . |
| 23 | They ca n't force us out , or tell us what to do , ’ he said . |
| 24 | All he did was ask Mr Fractor to explain things or tell him what he wanted to know . |
| 25 | One after another physician approaches my table conspiratorially , to complain of feeling unwell , or tell hair-raising tales of a companion 's sleepless night . |
| 26 | If the computer does not understand what you have said it will ask questions , offer alternatives or tell you to rephrase your question and try again . |
| 27 | Your local library , Citizens Advice Bureau , or the Social Services Department or your local authority will be able to give details of help available in your area or tell you where detailed advice can be sought . |
| 28 | One of those deep troughs of dust could suck his wheels down , and there 'd be nobody passing on this road , not for days , maybe , maybe not even then , and he had n't thought to bring water along or tell anybody where he 'd gone , it had all happened too fast , there had n't been a moment . |
| 29 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 30 | It can be used in either mono or stereo ; a guitar can be plugged in to access the onboard tuner and allow you to play along with a drum pattern ; it 's MIDI compatible , and with a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch you can start and stop the machine , tell it to drop in a fill pattern , or tell it to advance to the next pattern or song . |