Example sentences of "[adv] to tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | we have had a letter back and it 's exactly the same as I got when I rang them up , if they just say it must not exceed a certain amount and they wo n't be tied down to tell me . |
| 2 | Many thanks to the readers who wrote in to tell me how many heads the Tandon TM262 had . |
| 3 | Pep talk from my assistant commissioner , a pointless press conference , further inconclusive forensic reports , lots of people ringing up and calling in to tell me that they 've got nowhere . |
| 4 | Yeah , he only shoved ten pence in to tell me about that giro . |
| 5 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 6 | He had only to tell me and I would have found them for him . |
| 7 | After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll ask Seb , but I do n't suppose he 'll be stupid enough to tell me . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you be kind enough to tell me your name ? ’ he asked , wriggling while still attempting some semblance of charm and authority . |
| 10 | I suggest coffee in my cabin , Commander , and perhaps you 'll be kind enough to tell me all you know . ’ |
| 11 | So do n't think you 're man enough to tell me what to do . |
| 12 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 13 | She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window . |
| 14 | She 's in the basement watching ‘ the telly ’ ' — he picked out the words sarcastically — ‘ though she did glance away from the screen just long enough to tell me that it was her mother 's bingo night . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |
| 16 | I think the players would have been men enough to tell me to my face . |
| 17 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 18 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't come all this way just to tell me you despise me , have you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You interrupted my class just to tell me this ? ’ |
| 21 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 22 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure you did n't ring me just to tell me that , ’ she replied , in no mood for light-hearted flirtation , try to pin on a brave face though she might . |
| 24 | ‘ My huband pleaded with her not to tell me . |
| 25 | How typical of her not to tell me . |
| 26 | ‘ You promised Dana not to tell me something , ’ she said , wondering if he could actually hear her heart breaking . |
| 27 | It 's not fair not to tell me ! " |
| 28 | I 'm always glad to erm , have somebody use another pair of eyes for me , but not to tell me when to change up or down , |
| 29 | It was the night Tony came over to tell me Nero wanted a British warm like his . |
| 30 | More than , Marenches said later that the Shah had told him , " I count on you always to tell me the disagreeable things that other people wo n't say . |