Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But soon — perhaps very soon — I am going to have to lay it on the line , tell them what really has been happening …
2 As long as we tell them we definitely want it .
3 They tell me something very strange . ’
4 Tell me something then .
5 If not , tell me what else you want to know .
6 By the wonderful smell I assume dinner is already under way , so just tell me what else you intend us to eat and I 'll see to it . ’
7 And tell me what else you 've been doing at school ?
8 Tell me what later ? ’
9 Tell me what really happened . ’
10 It would have been the easiest thing in the world take me into another room and tell me they actually liked what Allison was doing , but they did n't . ’
11 They tell me he near strangled himself with the bowstring when the stave snapped on him this afternoon . ’
12 ‘ They tell me you only get that very strong black espresso coffee — not even cappuccino — and the cups are only half full , ’ Mervyn persisted , so that Ianthe had to protest that she was n't going to Rome only to eat and drink .
13 ‘ Look me in the eye and tell me you never suspected . ’
14 She wanted to cling to his hands and say , tell me it 's still all right between us , tell me you still love me , tell me we can have a child one day .
15 Tell me you still love me . ’
16 ‘ I tell yer what though , Nell .
17 Tell you summat else .
18 I tell you what else I 've done , I 've also no stay there sweetheart , do n't
19 Oh I tell you what else I like .
20 I tell you what else .
21 I tell you what also , do n't get Jimmy Young very often , I like him when he 's interviewing
22 Well I tell you what like , I never bother ironing socks , but
23 Tell you what though , mate , ’ and he was overtaken by another surge of enthusiasm , ‘ if you 're interested , what you could do is take a trip to Explorers Inn in the Tambopata Reserve , see the rainforest there … ’
24 I tell you what though , boss , with those sort of resources , we 're not just dealing with some terrorist splinter group .
25 Mr Hellyer said , ‘ Tell you what though , when we 've finished our little job , I know where there 's a hare form .
26 Tell you what though , ’ the barmaid went on , ‘ I 've been thinking about what you were saying .
27 I tell you what though , if you , like , I , I never forget when we went to Austria and you went into like a delicatessen place and this place was about a quarter of a mile long , right , never seen so many different looking place with sausages
28 I tell you what though
29 Tell you what though , for someone who does n't watch it you do n't half know a lot about it .
30 I tell you what though , I must say there 's less water here since , she 's , she 's left in the garden because it used to lay here did n't it ?
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