Example sentences of "[coord] to tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Most people would probably not be delighted to be told that their daughter has chosen to become a surrogate mother ; but it can not be the function of the law either to prevent unpleasant situations , or to tell one 's daughter how to conduct her affairs .
2 A typical instance can be seen when one person attempts to persuade another to do something that the latter does n't want to do , or to tell him something that he does n't want to hear .
3 She is herself a nurse , not by any means inarticulate , but she could get no one to speak to or to tell her anything .
4 Nor to tell her that it was women like her who prevented girls doing well in sciences .
5 Kitty was totally preoccupied with the threatened invasion , and to tell her this would be asking for trouble .
6 I said I was sorry and hoped she 'd soon be better and to tell her not to worry , that of course we 'd manage .
7 Jeff had rung to tell her — and to tell her at the same time that Silvia had passed her exams with flying colours .
8 Such an event enables the senior personnel within your company to meet the leading journalists in the field and to tell them first hand of the company 's plans for the coming year .
9 And suddenly she knew how much she longed to see them , to introduce him to them , and to tell them how sorry she was for her wild behaviour over Terry , and for her conceited folly over Havvie .
10 ‘ I want you to withdraw all your people from the streets , to send them home and to tell them to stay at home , until at least after the Moulid .
11 ‘ I want you to withdraw all your people from the streets , to send them home and to tell them to stay at home .
12 Working-class mothers ' greater tendency to lie and to tell their children to hit back , for instance , is proposed as an explanation for the strong association of childhood behaviour problems with low social class ( Butier and Golding 1986 ) .
13 Jesus said just before he was living his disciples , his followers , you and me , he said you shall receive power after the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me yes we witness by our life but there 's a danger in making that a cop out , because one other requirement of a witness is that they talk , they 've got ta say what they know , these four men were good witnesses , they went back and they told the city what they had found , and there 's placed upon you and me that responsibility to go back and to tell what we 've found , this is a day of good tidings , we do wrong to keep silent .
14 Mr Vinct brought in some of the ‘ Daily Service ’ folk to see me and to tell me about their work .
15 A waiver scheme allows individual families to get in touch with me and to tell me if the levying of the charge will erm will mean particular financial hardship for them , and we 've had experience of this .
16 After that , D'Arcy called Dave Forbes in London to put him briefly in the picture and to tell him to liaise with the ship and cargo insurers at Lloyd 's .
17 Dino Zoff , the Lazio manager , decided to pick Gazza only on Saturday — and to tell him shortly before the kick-off .
18 ‘ So I went back to Alassio and at the end of the month Constanza came to pick me up and to tell her mother .
19 There is , however , an inevitable logic to the appropriation of her meticulously constructed image , a process which the artist was mocking as early as 1933 : ‘ … some of the gringa women are imitating me and trying to dress ‘ a la Mexicana ’ , but the poor souls only look like cabbages and to tell you the naked truth they look absolutely impossible . '
20 Now , before speaking to that person , whether your boss or partner , ask your mentor to inspire you and to tell you the right time , to choose the right place and to give you the right words and the correct approach — and to help the other party accept what you have to say .
21 Albert said — and it was like a cold statue speaking — ‘ And to tell you to clear out , Hepzibah ?
22 I simply did n't recognize her at first , and to tell you the truth , I was a bit embarrassed when Uncle Félix came over to talk to me with this perfectly stunning girl on his arm .
23 And to tell you that you were amazingly accurate in certain areas .
24 ‘ I am he that was Norman Britton when on the earth , now returned to haunt you , Albert Roger Quigley , and to tell you that you are an evil man and that you will fall as I have fallen !
25 Her response was to deny everything and to tell my father to stop my allowance .
26 And to tell my friends to be more careful where they discussed other people 's affairs !
27 ( But do n't forget that you still need to make sure you start with the right sum insured and to tell us if you improve your home or add to your possessions . )
28 ‘ I ca n't wait to see shear waters again , ’ I said brightly to the Warden when he came to check that we understood about Calor gas , to remind us to boil the drinking water and to tell us the exact procedure of what to do if we fell down a cliff .
29 I invite the hon. Gentleman to reflect again on his knee-jerk reaction to our proposals and to tell us frankly whether he is in favour of them and on the side of the citizen , the user of services and the taxpayer or on the side of Rodney Bickerstaffe , the Confederation of Health Service Employees and NUPE .
30 He 's an expert and to tell us what the practice is .
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