Example sentences of "[adv] tell [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think a person told I do n't think a person told to apologize is n't rea really an apology so I think there must be a reason why you did n't and so told me on Sunday why you did n't . |
| 2 | Most of the 16-year-olds say their fathers have more or less told them to ‘ go out and have a good time ’ . |
| 3 | Cobalt said wryly : ‘ Yes , and he only told me about it because I paid him . ’ |
| 4 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 5 | ‘ I only told you about her staying away a lot and men turning up looking for her and things like that . |
| 6 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 7 | So tell them about the new-look BROWNIE . |
| 8 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 9 | So tell me about when you first moved in , Mr is n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ So tell me about this Rose Bowl of yours , ’ he said , leaning back and signalling the waiter for another bottle of wine . |
| 11 | ‘ So tell me about this case of yours . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 13 | They only tell you about that bit . |
| 14 | And then : oh , please , if there have to be more lies , at least let me only tell them to other people , not to myself any more . |
| 15 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 16 | A company representative or agent will only tell you about his own firm 's plans and so his advice will be limited . |
| 17 | The book had been written in haste , he charmingly tells us in the Preface , so that the first part was already at the printers before the second part was written . |
| 18 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
| 19 | " You 'd better tell me about it . |
| 20 | You 'd better tell me about the other night . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'd better tell me about it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you about what happened after you left , ’ Kelly said quietly . |
| 23 | Alright , yes , O K. Right , who , who 've we got left , Mark , you better tell us about Mary right . |
| 24 | Some individuals have no worries ; they have planned the event for years , made maximum pension contributions , carefully invested their savings , covered themselves and family in insurance policies , budgeted ahead and can even gleefully tell you about the exotic round-the-world trip they intend to take just as soon as their new life begins . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 26 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 27 | Yeah , he only shoved ten pence in to tell me about that giro . |
| 28 | I.M. Dalby , Osric Place , Newton Aycliffe : I was at Maynards in the Haymarket , Newcastle , training to be manageress at the Bishop Auckland branch , when a lady from the snack bar next door came in to tell us of the passing away of the King . |
| 29 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 30 | It is much better only to tell them of the happier events in your life : the progress the children are making and the amusing things they say , descriptions of family outings and news of old friends and neighbours . |