Example sentences of "up to tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within hours of their arrival , says a WIA team member , holidaymakers were queueing up to tell them horrific tales about thefts , attacks and prostitution on the streets . |
| 2 | I do n't ring Brian up to tell him what I 'm doing , I ring the band up . |
| 3 | ‘ In which case I do n't suppose you desperately want to join the crowd of people currently queueing up to tell him how wonderful he was ? ’ |
| 4 | Seb shouted up to tell him what had happened and it took Dolly no more than a couple of minutes to hurry downstairs and throw open the cottage door . |
| 5 | Er , she rings me up to tell me to ring her back up |
| 6 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 7 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 8 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 9 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 10 | That 's the only I came up to tell you . |
| 11 | I rang up Derek and Jenny came up to tell us and she said er Eileen 'll be coming on the twentieth and she wo n't be here till between eleven and twelve . |