Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haiti 's illiterates tell their stories to the world |
| 2 | 3 The children 's parents tell their version of the story , starting at the moment when they see the stains on Lollo 's gear , and going on to the point where they realise they ( or their children ) have discovered super penicillin . |
| 3 | So Libet 's experiments tell us something interesting about the information processing going on in the subject 's brain but they tell us nothing about the temporal relationship between physical events — either inside or outside the brain — and conscious experiences . |
| 4 | The difference between fat people and thing people is that thin people 's bodies tell them when they have had enough to eat . |
| 5 | MRS Thatcher 's friends tell me that she has finally come around to the idea of going to the Lords after the election . |
| 6 | Mr Stern 's costings tell him it is not worth paying more than £750/acre for bare arable land if he is to make a reasonable living . |
| 7 | If that seems to be the Russian price for full German unity , and if Mr Kohl 's instincts tell him it is also his price for winning the next German election , he may be tempted to go for it . |