Example sentences of "to tell [pron] [adv] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't seem to want to tell them where he found it . |
| 2 | Does he agree that one of the most useful ways in which we can give them know-how is to tell them how we managed , in the light of the Maastricht agreement , to reject the principle of monetary union ? |
| 3 | I tried to get Dad to tell me where they 'd gone but he was tipsy and only laughed and said they 'd gone on their ‘ funnymoon ’ . |
| 4 | Would you like to tell me where you went last night ? |
| 5 | ‘ If the mistakes had been that obvious there were people around me to tell me where I had gone wrong , but they did n't . |
| 6 | I asked the conductor to tell me when we came to my stop , and he said , " Lady , you think I got X-ray eyes or something ? |
| 7 | She said she had something to tell me when I got home . |
| 8 | I asked her to tell me when she reached the point in the imagined scene where she felt she wished to stop walking along the street . |
| 9 | Mrs Singh agreed to tell me when she heard from the doctor . |
| 10 | So , before you start demanding to know why I lied , perhaps you 'd like to tell me why you lied . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps , to start with , you 'd like to tell me why you felt that you needed a bolt-hole ? |
| 12 | Rosie said , as they lay back , eyes narrowed in the sun , ‘ Are you going to tell me why you chose Lina ? |
| 13 | The grandfather added : ‘ He was too upset to tell me how they died and I did n't want to ask him . |
| 14 | They will say ‘ I did n't know he was hoarding the tablets ’ or ‘ If only I had listened to what he was saying , maybe he was trying to tell me how he felt , and I was always too busy to listen . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 've got to tell me how you got her to come here — what you said to her — what she said to you — what happened to her . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose that you will be gracious enough first to tell me how you arrived here , and secondly to allow me to take you home before you end up in another alley . |
| 17 | And indeed , did not continue to tell her what that something else had been , but invited , ‘ Would you like to tell me how it came that , however badly , you attempted to impersonate your journalist sister ? ’ |
| 18 | Then , when she began to tell me how it happened , and what you 'd told her , about Gittel and the curse , the scales fell from my eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ The innocence I saw five years ago is gone , ’ he said calmly , ‘ and one day you 're going to tell me how it happened . |
| 20 | She wanted to tell someone how it had counted for her rather than against her ; how in that dimming world of the Left Bank nearly ten years before , she 'd set lovers adrift on Gauguinesque , and Baudelairean voyages of luxe , calme et volupté . |
| 21 | I had to tell someone so I told her . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose you 'd like me to tell you where we found them ? ’ |
| 23 | At least I 'll be able to tell you where she came from . |
| 24 | I decided I 'd have to tell you how I felt after the wedding when I thought you might be feeling more moved to accept advances from a Bluebeard . |
| 25 | I did so want to tell you how I felt , but I just … just could n't seem to , somehow . |
| 26 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 27 | Do you want me to tell you how I did mi , how I did it on mine ? |
| 28 | erm I do n't have a relative in the Gulf erm but I for my own peace of mind , I wanted to keep up to date with things that were going on erm and also for my husband really , he is at out at work all day and I , you know it was nice when he came home from work for me to be able to tell him exactly what went on . |
| 29 | Tilda began to tell him exactly what had been happening in Dr Kildare , so far . |
| 30 | Now was not the time to tell him how she had tried to phone her mother , had dialled the number and her father answered . |