Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 2 | Often , we do n't know what has happened to our students and there is no real need for them to tell us — we can lose track . |
| 3 | It was not for me to tell him . |
| 4 | However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them . |
| 5 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 6 | The best thing for me to tell you is that you must listen to what you are told about ‘ god ’ , but try to remember that as you get older , you will have to make up your own mind what to believe . |
| 7 | He 's too important a client for me to tell you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think it 's proper for me to tell you , ’ said Nerina . |
| 9 | But it would not be proper for me to tell you the names of His Highness 's wives and concubines . ’ |
| 10 | I 've had half of it , there about I tell you Chris had leave got get a new carpet when kids have come back |
| 11 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 12 | His face a mask of puzzlement , Davis sat down to wait for someone to tell him to do something . |
| 13 | Amabel , who never knew even approximately what time it was , looked puzzled for a moment , waiting for someone to tell her . |
| 14 | For long moments she simply sat , as if waiting for someone to tell her what to do , her own power of reasoning immobilised . |
| 15 | Well , after them telling me how good Gary Kelly was , they said they had a Leeds youth team member in their squad . |
| 16 | Sheila Hancock was in that film too , as was Nanette Newman , both of whom told me how Ken would while away his time discussing the medical advances of which apparently the medical staff in the picture were not aware . |
| 17 | A look at the sea below me told me that the tide was still low , though presumably it had begun to turn . |
| 18 | I had a nurse either side of me telling me to push , but I could n't push . |
| 19 | I thought : ‘ I wish I 'd ha' went instead of me telling him I 'd stop with four hands . ’ |
| 20 | Gable is honest enough to acknowledge that there 's some truth in the saying that no publicity is bad publicity : ‘ The cynical and worldly part of me tells me it 's been wonderful because the production must be the most talked about in 20 years of dance . |
| 21 | ‘ I know he had a rather possessive attitude towards her-I told you about that time he came into her class , did n't I ? — but from the way he looked at her , you 'd have thought she was the most perfect and precious thing on earth to him . |
| 22 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 23 | Actually to hear some of them tell it , sex without stockings is like an egg without salt . |
| 24 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 25 | And of those girls in the pub , it was one of them told me about it — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'll wait until the film comes out , ’ one of them told me ‘ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger . ’ |
| 27 | One of them told me , ‘ We are the victims , the victims of reform . ’ |
| 28 | ( Both of them told me this ! ) ’ |
| 29 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 30 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |