Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 2 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 3 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 4 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 5 | ‘ And I told him the mud in the high street was an absolute disgrace . |
| 6 | and I told him the ones to see . |
| 7 | Check all the spellings , and I told you the horror story about the gentleman whose name was wrongly spelt . |
| 8 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 10 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 11 | " Hell buy ten grand 's worth of … ( an electronics company ) , if I tell him the latest profit figures . |
| 12 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 13 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 14 | I give you the input and you tell me the answer . |
| 15 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 16 | for Christmas , and it was delicious the way her mother made it so she started it with me writing it down , see , and she told me the ingredients and then she said you brews the ginger I thought |
| 17 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 18 | ‘ Not until you tell me the truth . ’ |
| 19 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 20 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 21 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 22 | Do n't kn tell me the er if you tell me the |
| 23 | All you need is enough 10–20mm diameter pea gravel to form a layer about 2in ( 50mm ) thick over the path or drive area ; your supplier will advise you on how much to order if you tell him the size of the area . |
| 24 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 25 | When she decided , with the rest of the children , to go to Waco Monday and they told me the Sunday . |
| 26 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 27 | If it 's s something like that and they tell me the amount of furniture and if two thirds of the van will be filled with big stuff , and then they tell me there 'll be half a dozen boxes , I assume there 'll be at least four times that number of boxes , and if it 's still going to go on , we 'll do it . |
| 28 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 29 | I had arranged for her to see a specialist , and he told me the condition was irreversible , that she would never lose her sight completely but that she would be almost totally blind within a year . |
| 30 | And he goes , he goes , he goes well , you know , and he tells her the story . |