Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pron] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'll make the servants tell me where it is . |
| 32 | When considering points , we have some central mark in the sequence to tell us where we are , and with trajectories we do not . |
| 33 | Patten/Lawley : You have about 30 seconds Mr Kinnock to tell them why you wo n't say where you stand on this as the other leaders do . |
| 34 | I asked the conductor to tell me when we came to my stop , and he said , " Lady , you think I got X-ray eyes or something ? |
| 35 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
| 36 | One young man told me how he was recruited into the South African police force . |
| 37 | Joan Bower of the voluntary organisation Age Concern told me how her local branch takes services to its clients , rather than making them travel . |
| 38 | Peter told her how he had hovered on the margin of death for nearly six months . |
| 39 | Faith and Geoffrey Whitten tell us how they created our award-winning Chelsea garden . |
| 40 | Where is this monster girls , girls tell me where it is gone ? |
| 41 | SIEGE MAN TELLS US WHY HE DID IT . |
| 42 | Creative planting Nigel Colborn tells us how he 's getting on with his TV Gardeners ' World plot at Barndale . |
| 43 | If she is not there you will find a notice on her door telling you where she is to be found . |
| 44 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |
| 45 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 46 | A cold Catalan beauty told him where he could go to buy one . |
| 47 | While Rain finished her breakfast , Tim told her how he had decided to see her again and how he found out from Barbara Coleman when the next visit to the villa would be . |
| 48 | When those two guys tell him how they caught up with Vecchi , he 'll send 'em round to see you again . |
| 49 | I used the programs supplied with the Mega Disk to place the files on drive D. The Install program tells you where it 's putting them , but what if you did n't notice ? |
| 50 | Meanwhile band manager Charles Cosh tells me how they 're going to crack America . |
| 51 | In his efforts to surrender to justice Jim , 46 , had PHONED the police to tell them where he was . |
| 52 | ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ . |
| 53 | So , I am going to spend another two minutes telling you why I have always loved trains and railways . |
| 54 | Notes saying what to get for supper , notes telling him not to leave his shoes by the bed … sometimes she left him notes telling him how she felt . |
| 55 | Small time burglars with the social skills of a potted shrimp telling me how they 're saving all their readies to invest in a club one day — ‘ Maybe Puerto Banus , maybe Chesterfield , I 'm not sure yet . ’ |
| 56 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 57 | ‘ The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust told me how we could set up a clinic to register as many people as possible , ’ said Mr Griffiths . |
| 58 | Preston told her why his arm was in a sling . |
| 59 | One former patient told me how her early childhood had been marred by her mother forever threatening to ‘ walk out and leave you all to it ’ whenever there was any family dispute — or even when one of the children did not comply with a request quickly enough . |
| 60 | Hamer USA told me when I spoke to them that this is a custom option and not featured on the standard Sunburst models . |