Example sentences of "[verb] tell [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what he thought had happened inside his head , for those at the hospital who were supposed to know told him the brain scan showed nothing untoward . |
| 2 | Ephron has told him the land is worth four hundred shekels . |
| 3 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 4 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to tell you the truth . |
| 6 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 7 | I do n't know to tell you the truth |
| 8 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 10 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 11 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 13 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 14 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 15 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 16 | You 've got to tell them the truth ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've got to tell me the truth . |
| 18 | Someone 's got to tell her the boy 's not been at school , is n't at home , ’ Gabriel said , as if that was what it was all about . |
| 19 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 21 | To this he answered ‘ Daphne , I respect you very much , and I respect your husband very much , and because of this I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you the truth . |
| 23 | you know telling what the value is and |
| 24 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 25 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 26 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 27 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 28 | She was gaping at him while telling herself that her mother would have told him the reason why she was here . |
| 29 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |
| 30 | John will have told you the way we operate er we we we er we |