Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [conj] [pron] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 2 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 3 | I mean if you told her , put a C in front of it and that 's what it is . |
| 4 | I mean if I tell you where I want dug over , then if you 're not working at the weekend , we can umm dig everything over and then , cos I mean that area down there , it would take no time at all for you to pave . |
| 5 | very good I says but you tell her just to forget that will ya ? |
| 6 | and it jerked me , but she said it 's a muscle been pulled and it 's , it keeps spasm so she said er , could of been nasty , said I dare n't tell him , cos I says if I tell him it was his fault , I says he 'll never give me another ride , it 's again Thursday night coming back , and his car , you know the car kept , bump , bump , bump , bump , bump |
| 7 | I know cos he told me as well |
| 8 | I LIKE that you tell me about it , your flesh impatient with words , you say : go inside me — yeah — yeah — no — more — and your body whiplashes head to toe , the ill-appreciated G spot , baby you got it . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 10 | I believe that they tell a rather different story . |
| 11 | I ask and you tell me where you think the record is wrong . |
| 12 | She asked me how I knew and I told her she 'd taught me what to look for . |
| 13 | I bet if I told those Germans downstairs what I knew about Father 's job they 'd sit up and pay attention . |
| 14 | I laughed when he told the linesman that he 'd had a ‘ mare . |
| 15 | I thought if I told him that he 'd be bound to make a proper search — not in the house , I do n't mean , I 've looked in the house — but among other solicitors she might have gone to . |
| 16 | Anyway you look like him , yeah you do I thought and I told Sasha right , he looked like Carlton and Sasha and he |
| 17 | I did as he told me , eidetically filling in the missing mass of water . |
| 18 | ‘ I did and you told me to trust you and I did , and I do , but you wo n't tell me anything — ’ |
| 19 | Really good , well I said if someone tells me to shut up . |
| 20 | What did you think when he told you ? |
| 21 | How would you feel if I told you there was a girl going to have a child of mine — some other girl , some stranger ? |
| 22 | Runs off and it sulks and she sulks when you tell her off she just sulks she wo n't look at you she wo n't talk to you . |
| 23 | I ca n't get it off my mind , I mean , what would you do if somebody told you that , Marti ? ’ |
| 24 | You wait till I tell Mum ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You wait till I tell Kettering ! |
| 26 | ‘ You wait till I tell him she 's been spending up West . |
| 27 | A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Do you mind if I tell you what I really think ? ’ |
| 29 | Do you mind if I tell you ? |
| 30 | Ah , well I was explaining that to er the woman that cleans , you know that she told us we can wash ourself , you know . |