Example sentences of "[conj] tell i " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 2 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 3 | I keep thinking one of them will shove me in the ribs , or tell me that I 'm ugly . |
| 4 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
| 5 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 6 | She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long … |
| 7 | The Chaplain was asking me something … or telling me : ‘ I take it you have been baptised , James ? |
| 8 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 9 | " I sorry , " he said once again , in a hopeless voice that told me I had n't convinced him . |
| 10 | In fact when I er er periods started it was them that told me all about it not me mother and did n't never think then about st er sex or anything , not a thing , I was as innocent as day was born when I was eighteen . |
| 11 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 12 | ‘ It was not Mrs Greville 's word , ’ said Sally-Anne , goaded unwisely into further indiscretion , still trying to break free , ‘ it was your handwriting — the same that told me that I was the light of your life and that you loved me dearly . ’ |
| 13 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 14 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 15 | It 's you that told me about him was n't it ? |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | I think it was Lynne that told me . |
| 18 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 19 | Then , by putting my ear to the handle , I hear sounds that tell me whether or not the blade is close to either rabbit or ferret . |
| 20 | ‘ But before we go into all that tell me how you 're feeling . ’ |
| 21 | That tell me low ah the no one is twenty five one is thirty seven and and hundred and seventy eight that means he threw three together . |
| 22 | For example , ‘ Thank you , I think that tells me all I need to know about your previous jobs . |
| 23 | I can walk out or , and get erm , you know tonnes of any any shop I can get pornography that tells me that , or tell any man who chooses to buy that magazine that 's it okay to take a women even if she says no . |
| 24 | what is there in this brochure that tells me whether it 's the first edition , the second edition or the third edition ? |
| 25 | Both David and Steve will have objective views rather than tell me what I want to hear . ’ |
| 26 | Until now , he had barely spoken , except to tell me how tired he was . |
| 27 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 28 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 29 | She uttered something loud and incomprehensible in Dutch and told me she 'd meet me at the coffee shop later . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |