Example sentences of "and tell me [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 2 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 3 | Sergeant-Chef Gibeau leant over , tapped me on the forefinger with a table knife and told me to do them up again . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind . |
| 5 | The landlord was furious and told me to wash it off . ’ |
| 6 | No , she co come and told me did you ask Emma out ? |
| 7 | The doctor is busy , and told me to tell you to go . ’ |
| 8 | But one day Miss Havisham decided it was time to apprentice me to Joe , and told me to bring him to her house . |
| 9 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 10 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 11 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 12 | Although how we were supposed to be able to afford to rebuild , I had no idea , but whenever I queried anything he would just laugh and tell me to leave it all to him . ’ |
| 13 | Sister Margaret is always nagging me about my earrings and telling me to take them off , but I 'm not going to . |