Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] tell we " in BNC.
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| 1 | Language provides the vehicle for this , and the syntax and content of the recall or response tell us much about the way the individual thinks and remembers . |
| 2 | Each tail movement or posture tells us ( and other cats ) something about the animal 's emotional condition and it is possible to draw up a ‘ de-coding key ’ , as follows : |
| 3 | Nothing about " what it is like " to see blue or red tells us which light has the longer wavelength . |
| 4 | Winds blow as they should , in the directions that physics tells us they should , at the right speed and in the proper season . |
| 5 | The latter was cursed by Quintianus and as a result , so Gregory tells us , none of his descendants became a bishop . |
| 6 | We carried out extensive market research before introducing HomeShield 50 , an up-to-date policy with all the cover that research told us you expect . |
| 7 | It is a creation of society , not of individual reasoning or emotion , though it may satisfy both ; and it is for this reason that Durkheim tells us that a psychological interpretation of a social fact is invariably a wrong interpretation . |
| 8 | But there have been local whisperings , so Adam tells us . |
| 9 | Most of us , as people who live in this world , are interested in our environment , and even if not young we certainly grow to appreciate it and to learn a bit about flowers and the way animals live and work in our garden and watching David Attenborough on television and erm we have a genuine interest because as part of this world we know it and come to understand it , and probably feel , therefore , if even if you 're not a biology specialist , which you certainly do n't have to be by any means , when a child asks a question about , you know , ‘ where do the flies go in winter ? ’ and ‘ why 's the hamster gone to sleep for three months ? ’ we feel more capable of answering it because we 're closer to it ourselves and those are the sorts of questions that people told us . |
| 10 | Most of us , as people who live in this world , are interested in our environment , and even if not young we certainly grow to appreciate it and to learn a bit about flowers and the way animals live and work in our garden and watching David Attenborough on television and erm we have a genuine interest because as part of this world we know it and come to understand it , and probably feel , therefore , if even if you 're not a biology specialist , which you certainly do n't have to be by any means , when a child asks a question about , you know , ‘ where do the flies go in winter ? ’ and ‘ why 's the hamster gone to sleep for three months ? ’ we feel more capable of answering it because we 're closer to it ourselves and those are the sorts of questions that people told us . |
| 11 | There , on 22nd September 1943 , he died , aged , so Adair tells us , sixty-five . |
| 12 | We can not assume there are " universals " of joke-production , any more than there are " universals " of joke-themes ( although Chiaro tells us there are some ) . |
| 13 | Its tone is such that Cordelia tells us , alone , that she can not compete with it : ‘ What shall Cordelia speak ? |
| 14 | I am informed that Calderdale tells us that about 11 per cent . |
| 15 | The only thing that I said was erm that Tony told us that you keep your game tonight so that you 've got a friend any time you want . |
| 16 | When it 's all over around 2am , the crew celebrate with a drink or five upstairs , and Michaela tells us she 's just signed a record deal with London Records . |
| 17 | Our intuition and experience tells us that the division algorithm is clearly true . |
| 18 | We ate piroshky and bouillon and fragolli told us what sort of morning he had had negotiating the sale of girdles . |
| 19 | We are aiming to provide these two sets of things for the child in care , not as ends in themselves , but in order that children may develop a sense of their own self-worth , and research tells us that we have to get the balance right between these two important sets of needs for this end to be achieved . |
| 20 | Esler and Gregory told us that they were planning a report on Terry Waite 's anniversary in January and if we wanted publicity , they would interview us . |
| 21 | There may well have been something lacking in the lives of the millions but that need had to be catered for and the catering was done by the ingenious and indefatigable army of commercial opportunists whose energy and boldness tell us an enormous amount about that age . |
| 22 | Finally , while it could be argued that Greeley and Rossi tell us something of catholic versus state schooling in the US , they have nothing to tell us about catholic versus Christian , multi-denominational schools , which is what most of the argument in Ireland is about . |
| 23 | which in a way were pleased we have n't got to make the heart rending decision of him having his legs off , cos Denny told us , mum kept saying to him for three days , he would arch his back ooh , ooh , could n't move , and mum said yes he |
| 24 | In the tent that night we eat smoked trout and Odd-Knut tells us that the previous year there was a fight on his team and after it was over and the dogs were moving again he saw blood on the snow . |
| 25 | And Pam told us yesterday that she ca n't kiss her on the lips . |
| 26 | We ca n't schedule a fight between Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe until Bowe tells us he wants to fight Lewis . |
| 27 | Answer guide : This is an easy situation after the last one , here the wages are for the year and matching tells us they should be charged to this year . |
| 28 | So when politicians and farmers tell us there 's absolutely no risk , you could be forgiven for wanting to make up your own mind — especially if you 've got children . |
| 29 | If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that . |
| 30 | This rock is gneiss , and geologists tell us that it is the most ancient of British rocks , extending beyond the mainland to the Hebrides . |