Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pron] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's what the agent told me when I was recruited . |
| 2 | ‘ Eleanor told me how she had visited you and your mother a little while ago . ’ |
| 3 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |
| 4 | ‘ Did Chant tell you why I 'm here ? ’ |
| 5 | Why on earth would Donal tell me where you lived ? ’ |
| 6 | Ann tells us how it works and how to knit it . |
| 7 | Gerald Smith said the visa restrictions would be lifted and was on the phone to a woman in the United States to tell her how her $500 gift would be spent . |
| 8 | As Brian Clough told me when I met him on the top of the Little Elm bus earlier this season — we were both going to check out Little Elm Intaflora 's young Dutch forward , Kylie Van Der Graaf — ‘ Sadly , young man , football is like a football . ’ |
| 9 | Really all we 've got is what his sister told us when she came over . ’ |
| 10 | A Sikh girl from Newham , who had bought some clothes with her own money told me how her family had reacted . |
| 11 | Oh , yes , Taggy told me how you have been working your fingers to the bone . ’ |
| 12 | He did not want to be caught at all , and although Mildred told him where they were going and tried to soothe him , he struggled madly and looked at her with great suspicion . |
| 13 | Jennifer Batten told me when I made the typically British talk-about-the-weather opening gambit to our transatlantic ‘ phone conversation . |
| 14 | Heather Bailey said her husband told her how he 'd cut cut down a parachute in hangar 8 at RAF Hullavington and lit it with a match . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Carpenter told us why they would not release Michael . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My Carrie told me when I come in 'ere this mornin' , ’ Danny replied . |
| 17 | Write to me with all news/ questions and gossip on Michael Jackson , Jackson 5 , Jacksons Tell me how ya love 'em . |
| 18 | Even the thought of lunch at Osborne House again tomorrow did n't seem too bad an idea , even if it did mean listening to Mama telling him how she heard nightingales in the garden at Pierremont House and how she walked all the way to Pegwell when she was twelve and ate shrimp paste at the Bellevue Tavern . |
| 19 | He leaves messages to tell me where he is . |
| 20 | ‘ No need to tell you how I feel . |
| 21 | Civilian breakdown organisations more used to recovering cars from the nearby A66 broke out in a sweat when businessman David Gresty told them where his truck had been ditched . |
| 22 | Canst thoo tell me where 'e might be ? ’ |
| 23 | Stukeley in his diary tells us how he invited King Vortigern to be entertained there and on the king 's arrival he introduced him to Rowena , his beautiful daughter , who presented Vortigern with a gold wassail cup . |
| 24 | The way we vote is being influenced by editorial interpretations of what John Major said to Norma over breakfast ; by magazine articles telling us what the Kinnocks enjoy for breakfast ; and by TV coverage ( live , no doubt ) of Paddy Ashdown telling us why he chooses toast and Marmite every time . |
| 25 | What I do n't understand , ’ he added softly , ‘ is why you did n't give me a chance to tell you how it was from my point of view . |
| 26 | One of the stories , maybe , that Maman told me when I was small . |
| 27 | Mary told him how she had taken provisions to Granny Fordham , then seen the deer in the back of the car , and been chased , and finally how she had cross the marsh to reach the keeper before the raiders got away . |
| 28 | ‘ From your conversation with Nina , can I assume that Jennifer told you why I visited her last night ? ’ |
| 29 | The media tell it whenever they present international relations as a dramatic encounter between world leaders who personify their countries . |
| 30 | ‘ Sanay tell me how you look . |