Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 2 | She did not need Jarvis to tell her of the phenomenon of the shivering platform at West Hampstead as a train approaches , that and the singing of the rails , because she was accustomed to the point of no longer noticing it . |
| 3 | She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals . |
| 4 | I thereupon telephoned Haines to tell him of my success and to urge upon him the necessity for extreme discretion , since what I had done was something of an embarrassment and I did not particularly wish to have my role publicised . |
| 5 | As she left for the first night party , she just had time to tell us what she thought : |
| 6 | It also makes sense to tell your lodger that his or her possessions are not covered by your insurance policy . |
| 7 | anyway she rang up have Alec told you ? |
| 8 | Each GP practice is now producing leaflets telling you about the range of health services available from the practice . |
| 9 | She had known there was something wrong ; Dana had been too determined to avoid her , and Claudia 's finely tuned senses told her Dana was uneasy . |
| 10 | How often had Wycliffe told himself that the only obvious beneficiary from Francis 's death was his daughter ? |
| 11 | He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister . |
| 12 | You ca n't expect people to tell you this , tell you that . |
| 13 | He even telephoned Wexford to tell him about it , his elation subsiding somewhat when he heard the chief inspector had also found this out three hours before . |
| 14 | so I er he said er no he said , it 's not that he said I do n't like people to tell me you 've got to do overtime today , he said , I like to be asked ! |
| 15 | And Mrs did n't like Susan telling her |
| 16 | They strolled home , talking now of family matters , but as they neared Magdalen Street Maureen said suddenly , ‘ There 's a lot more about Chris and me , and — and other things I have n't had time to tell you , Joe . |
| 17 | When Rose 's sister heard my broadcast on Radio Leicester she immediately rang Rose to tell her . |
| 18 | She even had room to tell me that she had finished a short novel : ‘ but it suffered from my months of flat-hunting and threatened upheaval … stay in your flat . |
| 19 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 20 | But God knows I do n't say Harry told them wittingly , for I know him , too , and know him as stubborn in holding fast as any grown man among us . |
| 21 | He was a taciturn man who found it difficult to talk to a boy ; but he did sometimes spare time to tell him of his travels in the wilder parts of Alberta , of encounters with grizzly bears , white water rushing through narrow gorges , being lost in unexpected snowstorms , in an unconquered wilderness totally alien to his suburb-bred son . |
| 22 | ‘ What else did Selkirk tell you ? ’ |
| 23 | Leaning in the kitchen doorway , he watched as she put the kettle on , then asked softly , ‘ When did Ryan tell you he only went out with you for the money ? ’ |
| 24 | And why had Jos told him not to touch it ? |
| 25 | Does he know that thousands of construction workers in Wales are out of work , yet Shelter Cymru tells us that 63,000 families in the Principality have experienced homelessness in the past year ? |
| 26 | What right have men to tell them what to do ? ’ |