Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Minister next meets them , will he tell them why he stood on his head over a decommissioning — |
| 2 | And I 'll tell them why I took a woman , and that she 's good to me . |
| 3 | If I did , you 'd only tell them where I 'd gone . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And I suppose you can tell me again what happened next ? ’ |
| 5 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 6 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 7 | CAN YOU tell me why you found it necessary to print such an offensive cartoon ( Lagerland , page 40 ) ? |
| 8 | Would you tell me where you went when you left the Rugby Club about eight-fifteen last Saturday evening ? ’ |
| 9 | Why on earth would Donal tell me where you lived ? ’ |
| 10 | All Barbara could tell me when she rang this morning was that the police had found Paul 's body and that of a tramp , ’ he paused , ‘ with injuries to their throats . ’ |
| 11 | All Penny Seu Chen could tell me when I returned on Friday evening to find you gone was that you and he had flown to Hualien for the weekend . ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , he did n't tell me when I met him . |
| 13 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd better tell me exactly what happened . ’ |
| 15 | So many times I have heard someone tell me how they wished they had told the person now dead how much they loved them . |
| 16 | Could you tell me how you came to move from midwifery into private nursing ? |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd better tell me how you met him and explain how we 're going to stay there with him without bloodshed . |
| 18 | You can tell me how you got on today and I can start making some enquiries . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me how you felt ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me how you felt ? ’ |
| 21 | Let me tell you briefly what happened . |
| 22 | ‘ I shall tell you why we left France . ’ |
| 23 | In my last article in the magazine I told you all about my trip to Saudi Arabia , but I did n't tell you why I went or what I hope to do next . |
| 24 | Did I tell you why I got with that girl |
| 25 | ‘ Come , ’ said Fand , low , ‘ let me tell you why I called you here . |
| 26 | I ca n't tell you why I spoke like that , I — I do n't find it easy to talk about I 'm afraid . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ Only the FA can tell you why I did n't get the job . |
| 28 | ‘ And I 'll tell you why he came to you , shall I ? ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't tell you why he did it . |
| 30 | Did I tell you where we planted the |