Example sentences of "[noun pl] by telling them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zoo director Jo Gipps said : ‘ London Zoo will become an increasingly interesting and enjoyable place to visit and our aim is to attract more visitors by telling them that we are an exciting and relevant zoo of the future . |
| 2 | In the preceding section we emphasised the fact that revelation in Scripture is ‘ receptor-orientated ’ , not in the sense of affirming the hearers by telling them only what they want to hear , but by speaking specifically to their situation so that they can not miss what they need to hear . |
| 3 | Dr Frank Graham , the American chairman , persuaded the Indonesians to accept these humiliating terms by telling them that this would internationalise the dispute : diplomasi again . |
| 4 | Mary Read , who had first worked in New York in 1916 with the Sunshine Girls , endeared herself to reporters by telling them of her great love of the city . |
| 5 | And mothers still frightened their children by telling them , ‘ if you do n't behave , Boney will get you ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Harker , they say , is apt to unnerve opponents by telling them he 's a ‘ Sherburn Road lad . ’ |
| 7 | THE Prince of Wales brought laughter from international hoteliers by telling them : ‘ There is nothing like having a good pair of Bristols . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Goibniu suggested that I could mark the evenings by telling them tales of our travels , ’ Fenella said , remembering . |