Example sentences of "[vb base] tell [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , there are a few other people I want to tell about this . |
| 2 | With regard to proclamation and persuasion one of the major difficulties in urban society is , how do you bring together those who want to tell with those who want to find out ? |
| 3 | Iraq arms probe told of ‘ conniving to defeat justice ’ |
| 4 | You get told about Arbour by your school , or social worker or the hospital . |
| 5 | You get told in advance . |
| 6 | If you hear tell of better tonics I should be glad to hear of them . ’ |
| 7 | ’ There is indeed an opaque quality to the memories that Palestinians like to tell of Palestine . |
| 8 | Teacher : Try to tell about the story you have read . |
| 9 | They go to tell about |
| 10 | For I believe I am about to witness a thing few people see and live to tell of , he thought . |
| 11 | But he is rarely , if ever , out of the papers which , if they are to be believed , have told of Grunte 's drunken exploits in Parliament and have recounted his talent as a ‘ serial buttocks fondler ’ . |
| 12 | Next , bear in mind the lesson Stan Ellin learnt as a teenager from Guy de Maupassant and reduce what you have to tell to its absolute essence . |
| 13 | The aged , respectable leather-bound tomes of the Gould family library look down upon the nasty tale I have to tell with musty distaste . |
| 14 | Mr Loveitt wants to hear what you have to tell about being aboard the Princess . ’ |