Example sentences of "[noun] [that] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think it was Lynne that told me . |
| 32 | Even the Birds Eye ones , the pre-packed ones and what have you , frozen , are not as good as ours and that 's the customers that tell us that . |
| 33 | These front line workers , like the rest of us , have certain taken-for-granted ideas about ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ parenting , and they are also given expert knowledge that tells them some of the factors to which child abuse is positively related . |
| 34 | Now , however , consider what happens if we take pragmatics to be the study of the contribution of context to language understanding : suppose normally an aunt gives her nephew T , but on an occasion switches to V , then in order to predict the intended ironic or angry meaning , a pragmatic theory must have available the detailed recipe for usage that tells us that V is not the normal usage , and thus not to be taken at face value . |
| 35 | He ran up the street and through the town as far as the main road , where he saw a sign that told him it was just seventy miles from there to London . |
| 36 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 37 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 38 | But then it is a small step to begin thinking of ( 18 ) as very similar to ( 20 ) , and thus Containing demonstrative or indexical elements : ( 20 ) That man ( ( the speaker indicates the man drinking champagne ) ) is Lord Godolphin And so it begins to look as if definite referring expressions may in general be used either in speaker reference or in semantic ( or attributive ) reference , and it is only the context of use that tells us which way to understand them ( Donnellan , 1978 ; Kaplan , 1978 ) . |
| 39 | Beneath the fabric of his borrowed shirt , her fingers trapped and twisted his skin in a burning pinch that told him she intended to deal with him later . |
| 40 | what is there in this brochure that tells me whether it 's the first edition , the second edition or the third edition ? |
| 41 | And if you intend to erect the garage yourself , you will of course receive comprehensive instructions that tell you where everything goes . |
| 42 | Somehow , I 'm sure that wild animals have a sixth sense that tells them they 're safe , even in the presence of their arch-enemy , man . |
| 43 | There was an energy about her , a drive that told her , ‘ Keep going , Beth . |
| 44 | So , that made the day a bit more interesting , but he 's been stuck with er , all these upper class councillors that telling him what his job is , and |
| 45 | No it is communication that tells us that it is so awful now . |
| 46 | A ‘ voice over ’ is the ‘ commentator ’ or other disembodied voice that tells you what is going on — or , usually , to go out and buy the product being advertised . |
| 47 | What she should have done was obey the voice that told her to pass right along the car . |
| 48 | Everything about him was so dear to her now ; his smile , his face , the soft huskiness in his voice that told her he wanted her . |
| 49 | A large hand pushed her head down to her knees , and automatically she obeyed the voice that told her to protect herself with her arms . |
| 50 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 51 | I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me ! |
| 52 | Many objects offer clues that tell us how they were made — an air bubble in a piece of mouth-blown glass , or the tell-tale edge that the join in the mould has left all around a cast-iron object , or the impression of a paw print left by a stray cat on a Roman clay roof tile . |
| 53 | Web-making spiders are sensitive to the vibrations on their silken threads that tell them when a victim has blundered into the web . |
| 54 | The aim is to provide a book that tells you about an aspect of computing , while still being understandable and enjoyable . |
| 55 | Have you got a book that tells you what to do ? |
| 56 | Maybe he was looking at a book that told you things like that . |
| 57 | Also , many firms include a tick box that tells them ( if you tick it ) that you do n't want to receive mailings from other companies . |
| 58 | Let me see — yeah , yeah ’ — plastic keys riffling — ‘ we 've got a list that tells us who 's bought fridge freezers in the central London area in the past year … |
| 59 | She then admits she does n't know the difference between the head line and the heart line , although she 's able to identify the little crinkle at the side of the hand that tells you how many children you 're going to have . |
| 60 | Do not allow yourself to be pushed around by an agency that tells you they have a large number of suitable vacancies and then persists in sending you for jobs which are not within your specifications . |