Example sentences of "[noun pl] to tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is cramping for the author , but if you have contracted with your readers to tell them , through a story , what police work is really like then you must accept this limitation . |
| 2 | For this reason we are asking our readers to tell us about their experiences in the jobs race . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's good manners to tell me yours . ’ |
| 4 | Whether two expressions do or do not mean the same is a matter of some importance , but , again , it is evidently not something we should expect informants to tell us directly . |
| 5 | She tried to find the words to tell him she did n't want to make love , to tell him she was totally opposed to such casual male dominance , but somehow they would n't come . |
| 6 | We 've asked the three major political parties to tell us their dog ifestos . |
| 7 | One day not long afterwards , Hopper got a call from Nicholson ; he was telephoning , he said , out of politeness to tell him he and Michelle were together . |
| 8 | The dustbag itself forms part of the filtration system , so if high filtration is important to you , be sure to look out for cleaners that have dust indicators to tell you the amount the bag contains . |
| 9 | As you will discover , we only need our eyes to tell us where to go since windsurfing is done completely by feel . |
| 10 | Even today weather reports are sometimes incorrect owing to the vagaries of our climate , but then , with the whole of western Europe blanked out ( thanks to Hitler ) , together with most of Ireland , we were very dependent on the few Atlantic weather ships and ( eventually ) our own trained eyes to tell us what was coming . |
| 11 | She parted her lips to tell him about Dana , then closed them again as a desperate plea from her twin made itself known as clearly as if Dana had been in the same room . |
| 12 | We have also heard some honest interventions , however , The hon. and learned Member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) staggered to his feet to tell us that he did not believe a word of what Ministers were saying . |
| 13 | Tony rang Kate 's parents to tell them to come round ( they were going to look after 2½-year-old William ) and , by the time they arrived , Kate had just about finished her bath . |
| 14 | A doorman at a ‘ rave ’ at Sunderland Polytechnic last year rang Lee Turner 's parents to tell them he was dying , but he refused to call an ambulance because he knew drugs were involved . |
| 15 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 16 | Just be prepared for Connemara enthusiasts to tell you that theirs is the only breed worth bothering about , Welsh Cob experts too insist that nothing compares with a good Section D and Highland/Fell/Dales etc exhibitors feel exactly the same ! |
| 17 | Anne and Margaret will be using their talents as writers of reviews to tell us about what we hope will be memorable experiences . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's nothing wrong with where I live , ’ she halted in her tracks to tell him shortly , ‘ except , as you at once realised , ’ she inserted loftily , ‘ that the mortgage is beyond my means . |
| 19 | ‘ I have written to the chairmen of all the big banks to tell them that we will run a campaign to urge all students to boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme . |
| 20 | What has the evidence of the last 25 years to tell us ? |
| 21 | It would take a million years to tell you all the things I have done , and some of the things I would n't tell even you , ’ she said mischievously , ‘ but it 's great to be home . |
| 22 | He leaves messages to tell me where he is . |
| 23 | cos it could be a case of , you know , waiting twenty-six weeks to tell us , then we might say right , we now start the twenty-six weeks deferred . |
| 24 | DETECTIVES were trying to find out yesterday why scientists took 49 days to tell them a supposed murder victim was killed by drugs . |
| 25 | Soon afterwards we were moving to the town so we got in touch with Shamrock 's owners to tell them we could sell her along with all our horses . |
| 26 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 27 | British Rail have nothing to report and I 've no problems to tell you about on the local buses either . |
| 28 | He had things to ask , things to learn of his father , things to tell him . |
| 29 | I 've things to tell thee , but not now , ’ pushing him through the doorway . |
| 30 | You may have a lot of interesting things to tell me , but it 's no use expecting me to listen . |