Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't have to preach or tell our colleagues in England and Wales the effects water privatization 's had on them since nineteen eighty nine , they can see it for themselves every day . |
| 2 | And it was just a pity that the material she was given or told us to read , she said was too advanced for us . |
| 3 | She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long … |
| 4 | It is not for the likes of us to try and tell you your job , after all , you are the boss and it is your decision as to who gets in the squad , but when rubbish like Terry becomes a regular , well … it reflects on the whole team and your lousy judgement in particular . |
| 5 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 6 | The family had you see the family had to come and tell him where the grave was . |
| 7 | Only later did she learn that what Rosemary had been doing back in Hazelbury that Saturday when Sebastian had met her had been to come and tell her parents personally that Derek had moved out from the flat they shared and was now living with someone else . |
| 8 | They 'd all come straight to Ingham 's after the Requiem Mass and they were waiting now for John Burns , the undertaker , to come and tell them when the grave was ready at the cemetery and the men would walk the coffin there . |
| 9 | When the men of the World Council of Churches in Geneva heard Arthur was at Caux they phoned him to come and tell them the truth about Rhodesia . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , whoever told you it is n't allowed , tell them to come and tell me , ’ I said , and I took the child outside . |
| 11 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 12 | Do not bother to write and tell me that in their culture etc , as that is really not good enough . |
| 13 | You were going to write and tell me where she is . |
| 14 | I need to write and tell them it 's not the Glasgow Herald any more . |
| 15 | After reading the May issue of The Art Newspaper , I feel compelled to write and tell you what an extremely useful publication this has turned out to be . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , I 'll get the car out and drive you to work and tell you as we go . ’ |
| 17 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 18 | and finds a phone he rings and tells her . |
| 19 | ‘ I got caught writing on a bus ; I was arrested and charged and told I was going to get a caution . |
| 20 | It was time she surfaced and told him what she was up to . |
| 21 | I had to write an' tell 'im it was killin' his da' . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't know whether to tell him or … |
| 23 | John was devastated when told he had the disease . |
| 24 | Yeah well if you want to that then that 's fine as well , I mean that Tell you what , the best thing then is can everyone put a note in my pigeon hole by Monday in other words , you 've got the weekend to decide for definite . |
| 25 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind . |
| 27 | I 'm thinking of telling my mum what I done and telling her to go to the doctor and tell the doctor that I 'm doing stupid things and that , to get me put away . |
| 28 | so to speak so she 's written and told her whereabouts she 's sitting and everything so |
| 29 | " I thought she would have written and told you , " Sara said carefully . |
| 30 | ‘ The warder came and told me to dress and led me to an officer of the court , ’ the small , self-effacing lawyer recalled in an interview on Saturday . |