Example sentences of "[adv] tell the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group . |
| 2 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Argentina would be in a difficult group and Italy in an easy group . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It is vital that this inquiry should not only tell the full story of the computer system debacle but also thoroughly examine the long-standing difficulties of London 's ambulance services . ’ |
| 4 | You can be very good at saying these things about love , and doing it in a kind of way people can identify with , but it does n't necessarily tell the whole truth about yourself . |
| 5 | ‘ In the West we are constantly telling the Third World to save the rain forests — rather hypocritical considering we are not even prepared to replace the tree cover destroyed over the years in Essex . ’ |
| 6 | For Chambers , his witness of doubtful character , he found this Nixonian endorsement : ‘ Is it not better to tell the whole truth in the end than to refuse , as Hiss did , to tell it at all ? ’ |
| 7 | Now that the contents of everything have to be described in great detail on the packaging , they duly told the French people that it contained preservatives . |
| 8 | Just told the older kids to stop frightening the younger ones . ’ |
| 9 | He was just told the bare charge . |
| 10 | It emerged yesterday that officials of COSLA have already told the Scottish Office that it considers the break-even point on costings would come only if the number of new councils was limited to just over 20 and not at 43 as suggested by Touche Ross . |
| 11 | ‘ The strength of Home Alone 2 is that it is not one of those sequels which just tells the same story again . ’ |
| 12 | Distressed relatives were soon telling the local press tales of how their depressed loved ones had managed to leave the unit just hours before their deaths . |
| 13 | He appealed to Miloš to join him , but Miloš judged that the time was inopportune and promptly told the Turkish governor in Belgrade of the plot . |
| 14 | The African National Congress yesterday told the Australasian countries that the sport was now fully integrated in South Africa and bans had been lifted on international tours . |
| 15 | The problem was , however , as the Emperor saw only too clearly , that this was a contrived situation , as he bluntly told the Spanish Ambassador : |
| 16 | The outspoken John Carlisle , MP for Luton North , and one of the Government 's fiercest critics from the Right , bluntly told the Prime Minister he should dispense with the services of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley and Citizen 's Charter Minister William Waldegrave . |
| 17 | I always tell the younger athletes to go out and do it , to believe in themselves . |
| 18 | I could hardly tell the commonest birds apart , had never thought of doing so . |
| 19 | He still tells the up-and-coming young pros in the US that if they can win in Britain , they can say they 're great golfers . |
| 20 | There are some cracking discount deals around at the moment as lenders attempt to drum up new business , but watch out as the headline interest rate does n't always tell the whole story . |
| 21 | I fancy giving the orders for a change and letting someone like you take the risks for me. — Besides , if she did suspect you , you can always tell the old cow that Marie nicked it , ca n't you ? — The money 's in a drawer , see . |
| 22 | He and the mother are still telling the same story . |
| 23 | Yeah well telling Mark 's like telling the whole school ! |
| 24 | Beth had heard the manner in which the old man had addressed her husband , and it would have gladdened her heart to hear him snap back ; just for once to tell the old villain to ‘ Go to Hell ! ’ |
| 25 | She probably told the whole village that the doctor 's wife was always complaining to the local shopkeepers . ’ |
| 26 | Mr Lang also told the grand committee that figures due out this week , covering the year to December 1992 , would show marked improvements in the length of time National Health Service patients spent waiting for treatment ; a record number of patients and that the Government was on course to meet the guarantee that virtually no-one would have to wait more than 18 months for treatment . |
| 27 | James Kasting , of the Pennsylvania State University , also told the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 1990 that , judging from ancient craters on the moon , collisions with asteroids nearly 300 miles in diameter , hitting the Earth at more than 100,000 mph , were much more common in the early history of the solar system than today . |
| 28 | Conservative Heather Scott also told the full council meeting the Department of the Environment had criticised the authority for its progress on housing . |
| 29 | Zappa later told the Associated Press , ‘ I was in bad shape , but I 'm better now . |
| 30 | She 'd also told the accused man that she was pregnant . |