Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] tell them " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I suppose I must have told them how things were between me and Richard because as I lay on my bed , in my old room , I heard Aunt Lilian telephoning . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | wood , inlay wood things , you did n't see it , to put the glasses on or cups of coffee , he said I 'll have to tell them not to put the glasses or cups on there |
| 4 | Well I 'll have to tell them because erm you know if |
| 5 | Erm , and say well , I do n't think I 'm convincing , so I 'll try telling them , maybe they wo n't recognise that I do n't have the authority to tell them , and they 'll still do it . |
| 6 | They were really good , if I 'd known I 'd have told them sooner . |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , I 'd like to tell them — ’ |
| 8 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 9 | If someone had told me after Blackburn that Everton would be third from bottom a few , short weeks later , I would have told them they were living in cloud cuckoo land . |
| 10 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 11 | You should 've told them |
| 12 | ‘ I just do n't think you should have told them that I do n't have any confidence with women . ’ |
| 13 | You should have told them that about the poppy seeds . |
| 14 | If she had n't been well , perhaps , for some time , and had lost interest in the garden , and wanted to get the cottage done over for sale or letting , then she might have told them to go ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 'll have to tell them some time . ’ |
| 16 | The only person who could have told them was William Dougal . |
| 17 | If it had happened to anyone else she 'd have told them to snap out of it , to stop feeling sorry for themselves . |
| 18 | so you could n't do that , you 'd have to tell them that , and say well I 've got to start my |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps you would like to tell them a story , ’ said the aunt . |
| 20 | You will have to tell them . |
| 21 | Indeed , only when the first wail of an approaching siren drifted up from below did Ursula remark : ‘ I suppose we 'll have to tell them everything . ’ |
| 22 | Something which as the Argentines were in no circumstances , ah , going to settle for , ah , and anybody could have told them that , and anybody knew that . |
| 23 | It should have told them something , but it has not . |
| 24 | What it should have told them is that terrorism makes it harder , not easier , to gain a hearing in a democracy . |
| 25 | ‘ If it was four in the morning , he 'd have told them what to do with their water main . ’ |
| 26 | And if the head of the English department was n't so ineffectual , he 'd have told them so on Monday . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I thought he would have to tell them got his carpets down . |