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 ? |