Example sentences of "[verb] tell them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 2 | ‘ Hey , I ca n't wait to tell them at school . |
| 3 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 4 | Hundred thousand pounds you do not have to submit an inland revenue account , therefore you do n't need to tell them about the three hundred thousand pounds and therefore you wo n't pay inheritance tax . |
| 5 | The problems were , was that the schools , since they were doing this , they assumed that all schools did this , therefore they did n't need to talk about it , they did n't need to tell them about it . |
| 6 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 7 | If they did n't bring back the amount of money he 'd told them to , he beat them with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 8 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 9 | He had written telling them about his recent marriage to Rachel in Sydney , but he had n't given any address or any details of the wedding . |
| 10 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 11 | He had written to tell them about Amy since his parents constantly threatened to visit and ‘ unlikely as this was actually to happen , the prospect had added an intolerable anxiety to his already anxiety-ridden life . |
| 12 | And th it 's a it 's a it 's a strange situation but if you 've got a smaller estate you 'll get away with it , and if you 've a larger one you 've got to tell them about it . |
| 13 | Now — how was I going to tell them about Vern ? |
| 14 | I was going to tell them about Renascia and the Angry Sun and — ’ Fenella trailed into silence , staring at Caspar . |
| 15 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you going to tell them about your decision to break off the engagement ? ’ he asked suddenly , interrupting her thoughts . |
| 17 | ( I did n't find that so funny , though no way was I going to tell them about how this least amiable aspect of Danuese traditional warfare had been continued by FAKINTIL . ) |
| 18 | I was just going to tell them about all the things that were on my mind , about my dad and about Jesus and about aliens taking over the … |
| 19 | When a colleague discovered that I was coming here to do this er she saw it as laughable and she also saw it as something that I would prefer to keep quiet from my colleagues and tried a bit of moral blackmail on me as well to say I 'm going to tell them about that if you do n't them about this sort of thing . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you really going to tell them about the dream ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Remember to tell them about the hair , ’ Cal added . |
| 22 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 23 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 24 | The company also said that Mrs Hampton should have told them about her illness when she was interviewed for the job . |
| 25 | Wilko wo n't be too happy as I think he would have told them by now it 's kick first and ask questions later . |
| 26 | ‘ He would n't have to tell them at this time of night . |
| 27 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 28 | Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . |
| 29 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 30 | No one seemed to have told them about ration books . |