Example sentences of "telling them [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 2 | He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis . |
| 3 | However , the nuns said the ministry changed its account after initially telling them that Salmonella enteriditis was responsible . |
| 4 | A union would have to issue written warnings to all those members it had learned were threatening an unofficial stoppage telling them that they risked dismissal without compensation if the strike continued . |
| 5 | But soon the colleges came to grips with Little Shop of Horrors as a topic for campus debate the world over , and they decided that Corman was telling them that he was not trying to hide the fact that it was a cheaply made film — this was the one he shot in two days — but he was n't trying to pass it off as serious movie-making either . |
| 6 | I wrote to the Health Education Authority telling them that I did n't think their advertisements would affect lifestyles much , if at all . |
| 7 | Disguising his real feelings he wrote cheerfully , telling them that it was better here than The Hague , as if to say that nothing could be worse than the hell of being unloved . |
| 8 | He gave the jury a list of Meehan 's past convictions , knowing that he was prevented by the rules of evidence from telling them that Waddell was at that moment serving a sentence in Barlinnie for wounding or that he had served a previous sentence for perjury at Meehan 's trial . |
| 9 | Avuncular men in their fifties and sixties may not be aware that this term of endearment causes such a reaction ; you could enlighten them by telling them that the form of address is out-of-date and out-of-favour these days . |
| 10 | Occasionally children require some additional recognition that they are behaving well apart from their parent telling them that they are good . |
| 11 | Telling them that yes , you were cross , but that you remain friends , will reassure them . |
| 12 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 13 | Dr Frank Graham , the American chairman , persuaded the Indonesians to accept these humiliating terms by telling them that this would internationalise the dispute : diplomasi again . |
| 14 | For example , retributive punishment might help inculcate law-abiding ideology in the populace by telling them that breaking the law is wicked and deserves punishment . |
| 15 | The computer operator in the station made another call to the ambulance service telling them that the situation was very serious and asking for the estimated time of arrival of the ambulance . |
| 16 | It 's the only dignified way of telling them that you 're not going to be made a fool of any longer and you 're not going to be dragged down to their level . ’ |
| 17 | But while we were there they had several meetings because of course we were going to be demobbed anyway , and the Colonel er of the regiment he had us together and so did the officers , and warned us that when we got back to civilian life we must er beware of these agitators who tried to er create suspicion amongst the troops who were coming back , and telling them that they ought to join er these revolutionary parties . |
| 18 | Arnulf wrote a letter to the English bishops shortly before their meeting , telling them that the French king , the French bishops , and Henry himself were all agreed to support Alexander and that they were only postponing their announcement until the English bishops could vote to join them . |
| 19 | Is it not good enough for ‘ Managers ’ to be sent with briefs , memorised in their heads , to have fireside chats with the best and brightest , telling them that in this day and age their promotion is really the ability to retain their jobs . |
| 20 | The dealer then approaches the arms manufacturers telling them that if they appoint him as their agent , he will get them a contract in return for a percentage of the value of the transaction , which could be as low as 3 per cent , or as high as 15 depending on how specialized is the equipment required . |
| 21 | It is time he responded and paid compensation to those farmers , and allowed them to get on with earning their livelihood , instead of telling them that there is nothing for them from the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend send a message today to the leaders of the National Association of Local Government Officers who are spending some £2 million on a shoddy and inaccurate advertising campaign , telling them that their policies of abandoning competitive tendering , abolishing the Audit Commission and introducing a minimum wage would be acceptable only to a party which has already sold its soul to the trade union bosses ? |
| 23 | Now the Secretary of State is telling them that he will cut their budgets next year to stop them increasing the number of educational opportunities and social workers . |
| 24 | It was this approach that Spaniards were reminded of on 31 March 1947 , as they listened to Franco 's reedy voice on the radio , telling them that the time had come to " confront the ultimate definition of [ their ] State , inseparably linked to the statute of succession in its highest echelons " . |
| 25 | The North West-based firm Latham Crossley and Davis , says that many funeral directors have received letters from tax consultants and accountants , telling them that they are entitled to partial exemption from VAT under new rules introduced in April this year . |
| 26 | Stop listening to people , such as Mr Kinnock , who has now written out to C L Ps telling them that they should be changing the way that the unions are linked to this Labour Party , not at all . |
| 27 | I wrote to my parents ill POW camp telling them that the crew were alive because Jimmy Marks had stayed with the aircraft in order that we could escape . |
| 28 | But telling them that they will not move back is even worse . |
| 29 | name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer . |
| 30 | name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer . |