Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times have I told you to dismount before letting go of your arrows ? |
| 2 | Our instincts tell us to beware of abandoning ourselves to the care of someone else . |
| 3 | We should tell them to forget about having their banns read and advise them stay just good friends . |
| 4 | That 's why I keep telling you to apply for teaching jobs . ’ |
| 5 | A party may reasonably ask its supporters to give to all of its candidates all of their higher preferences : it has no good reason to tell them to refrain from expressing further preferences . |
| 6 | Well the story that I have to tell you to begin with comes all the way from a very hot and very large continent . |