Example sentences of "what [pron] tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | on on discussions on the basis of what I tell them on the phone . |
| 2 | I hardly remember him and what I tell you about him was mostly told to me by my mother . |
| 3 | Tuesday comes and I 'm all set to head down when diaster strikes ( stupid computers they never do what you tell them to ) and the trip is cancelled . |
| 4 | Other versions are that computers only do exactly what you tell them to , and that therefore computers are never creative . |
| 5 | He 's the biggest gossip in the Club so be careful what you tell him about me . |
| 6 | ‘ From what you tell me of the EC grants , he 's too damned honest , ’ Jessica laughed . |
| 7 | What you tell her for . |
| 8 | These have been judged from what you tell us in the holiday questionnaire and we have also used our own expertise . |
| 9 | " What they tell me to . |
| 10 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
| 11 | I 've got friends who are war correspondents and soldiers and rugger captains and they all wept buckets — if you believe what they tell you down the pub . |
| 12 | When you have all three lists completed , study them closely and see what they tell you about yourself . |
| 13 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
| 14 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |