Example sentences of "tell any " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his mother had told him , as she always told any man interested in Edith , about the bastard child , he had just smiled . |
| 2 | She apparently told her , contrary to the impression given in the former interview covered by Document B , that she never condoned her daughter 's going away — which she referred to rather dramatically as a ‘ kidnap ’ — that she did everything she could to bring the matter to the authorities at the time , but ‘ was prevented ’ , that she had certainly never agreed to her daughter living with her brother , that her daughter 's health had suffered alarmingly , and that she never told any social worker that she had agreed . |
| 3 | If you had told any of Britain 's hard-pressed post-war chancellors that they could expand the economy vigorously and turn round the external accounts by 6.5 per cent of GDP without adverse consequences , would they not have jumped at the chance ? |
| 4 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 5 | Ministers are told any gifts worth more than £125 must be refused or handed over to the department . |
| 6 | I 've never told any of my girlfriends that I 've been with prostitutes because I know they would be horrified . |
| 7 | All this made Rose and Oliver , who had not been told any new secrets , very nervous and uncomfortable . |
| 8 | Fiona , that 's my assistant , was not told any more . |
| 9 | happy with that er right good well those were the chairman 's er comments , matters arising from the minutes of the last A G M erm any further matters arising from the A G M , you probably do n't need to be told any other business comes later , this is purely on the minutes of the last A G M any matters arising ? |
| 10 | Cos we never get told any more . |
| 11 | he was n't going to let them go , I mean we were n't told any of that on the news , there was n't a word of that , it only be that from the papers that we 'd got |
| 12 | Never tell any cab driver , registered or not , that you live alone . |
| 13 | Tell any of these jokes at school and you 'll get worse than single detention . |
| 14 | I can walk out or , and get erm , you know tonnes of any any shop I can get pornography that tells me that , or tell any man who chooses to buy that magazine that 's it okay to take a women even if she says no . |
| 15 | When he bent that famous craggy face and strong jaw down from its natural elevation to the level of ordinary human beings it was not to advance any opinions or tell any anecdotes of his own . |
| 16 | To backpedal and tell any part of the truth would be to admit his complicity with the Ashdown girl , which was something that he did n't want to be drawn into ever again . |
| 17 | Their activity amazed and baffled even the sceptical Bernier : ‘ They tell any person his thoughts , cause the branch of a tree to blossom and to bear fruit within an hour , hatch an egg in their bosom within fifteen minutes , producing what ever bird may be demanded , and make it fly around the room . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ DNA , the double-helix molecule that carries the genetic blueprint which tells any organism how to build itself . |
| 19 | Do not tell any about me nor anyone except father and possibly Frank , write at once if you are going to . |
| 20 | At my suggestion , Karen did n't tell any of her friends either . |
| 21 | ‘ Indeed , when we discovered the letter had been sent on , because of client confidentiality , we felt it was important that we should tell any client for whom we acted — either before or presently — that it had been done and not at our behest . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Did you tell any other person that Sir Paul was spending the night here yesterday ? ’ |
| 23 | Of course , I could never tell any woman these thoughts . |
| 24 | As I stand behind the till faced with a customer buying a 40p postcard with a £50 note , I wonder what I can usefully tell any bookseller about why they should consider selling things other than books . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd tell any new mum who wants to treat herself to buy a steam steriliser . |
| 26 | I would tell any future House of Commons to study legislation more carefully and to legislate less . |
| 27 | Why did n't you tell any of us ? ’ |
| 28 | Oh yeah , you 'll tell any fucker that ! |
| 29 | Does she tell any of the , some of the inside secrets ? |
| 30 | and Alan says if you can still tell any of them that way . |