Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [conj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson explained : ‘ Lawrie told me that under a new regulation Ince must join the squad anyway . |
| 2 | Ken told him that after a performance of Call My Bluff a woman approached him and asked , ‘ Any chance of a fuck ? ’ |
| 3 | He told us that as a young man he had joined the Fire Service in which his father was a Lieutenant , and the first fire he had attended was this crash . |
| 4 | I tell him that in a depression , manners are the first casualties . |
| 5 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |
| 6 | She said , ‘ If you have a secret you do n't want the world to know you must never tell it except to an enemy . |