Example sentences of "do tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 2 | Mr asked why we should close our homes and let private homes profit erm , if people choose either to go into the private sector or to stay into their own homes , what are we supposed to do tell them they 've got no choice but to keep our substandard homes going ? |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , do tell us , ’ pleaded Wendy Witherington . |
| 4 | Do tell . |
| 5 | ‘ Do tell me , and what gives a destitute Englishman away in a foreign land ? |
| 6 | And pray do tell me which countries will have to accept the exports of motor vehicles or components from Spain , say , as a result of anything which might be agreed between United Motors and the Spanish Government ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do tell us about your apprentice days , Daddy , ’ said Vicky . |
| 8 | Do tell her how nice she looks , wo n't you ? |
| 9 | But although these figures do tell us how few families had a grandparent in their own home , they can be misleading . |
| 10 | Now do tell me what you did in Amsterdam . ’ |
| 11 | But do tell the Guard you want to get off there — and more important — do n't miss the last train back ! |
| 12 | And if you have any other problem or disability , please do tell us , and we 'll do our best to help you . |
| 13 | Do tell me all about it ! ’ she begged ; and Breeze enlightened her as far as she could , without referring to the business of the wallet . |
| 14 | Do tell ? |
| 15 | Do tell me . |
| 16 | Do tell me , believe me that in me you have the best audience of your life , you will never find as good an audience as me . " |
| 17 | " Do tell me how I can help you . " |
| 18 | If Wishart began talking about painting , he attended for five minutes , then deflected the conversation with ‘ Do tell me about last night 's sailor . ’ |
| 19 | Do tell me , what 're they like ? |
| 20 | ‘ How 's that then … pray do tell me , Mrs Miller ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , do tell , Pogo . |
| 22 | ‘ Do tell Howard about it , ’ Prue urges . |
| 23 | Try to avoid getting constipated and do tell your midwife or GP . |
| 24 | Oh , Charles , do tell me ! ’ he burst out petulantly , but still got no reaction . |
| 25 | Do tell us . |
| 26 | One can therefore say that the observations of the gamma ray background do not provide any positive evidence for primordial black holes , but they do tell us that on average there can not be more than 300 in every cubic light-year in the universe . |
| 27 | Do tell , how 's the Prime Minister really ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ My friend , I do tell you about him . |
| 29 | Do tell me who came . |
| 30 | As a rule we had do tell everybody what we did over the weekend which was called our ‘ news ’ and we usually did this first thing on a Monday . |