Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Sumption , director of a private water-development group in Alabama , says : ‘ It seems we may need Daddy to tell us where the toys are on the floor , and how to share them . ’ |
| 2 | Whether two expressions do or do not mean the same is a matter of some importance , but , again , it is evidently not something we should expect informants to tell us directly . |
| 3 | ‘ And I 'll phone Pamela to tell her what 's happening . |
| 4 | If they ever wanted to have a moan about anything I did wrong , like using the bathroom too often , they used to tell Lesley to tell me . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was designing Metaltronix gear , I made everything bigger , for product visibility , but I would get letters telling me that the Marshall ‘ standard ’ head dimensions were what they wanted , so that 's what I based these new amp heads on . |
| 6 | And he himself would telephone Laetitia to tell her . |
| 7 | A director would instruct dealers to tell their clients that an announcement was pending " in order to persuade them to buy more or to hold on to stock they wished to sell . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it may be , but we may get Place to tell us . ’ |
| 9 | If we can successfully compare a present-day situation to an historic one then we can use hindsight to tell us what may happen next . |