Example sentences of "[noun] to tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason we are asking our readers to tell us about their experiences in the jobs race . |
| 2 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 3 | Anger roared inside her and she opened her mouth to tell him in no uncertain terms where to go , only she did n't have a chance to utter even one heated word , as he bent and covered her parted lips with his , kissing her with a thoroughness that left her shaken . |
| 4 | His father had even telephoned his ex-wife to tell her about what had happened and she had then spoken to Tony , who had not heard from her for some months . |
| 5 | She parted her lips to tell him about Dana , then closed them again as a desperate plea from her twin made itself known as clearly as if Dana had been in the same room . |
| 6 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 7 | Officers had tried all day to contact Mr Maughan to tell him of the tragedy . |
| 8 | But much exists in their architecture to tell us of the social conditions , wealth , success or decline of towns . |
| 9 | Our thanks go to Mrs Margaret ( Peggy ) Kaye , a member of the Fareham Branch , and an ex-pat WAAF , who writes to us from Orlando , Florida to tell us of a moving memorial service that took place at Arcadia , Florida on 27 May 1991 . |
| 10 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 11 | It was against her nature to tell anything but the whitest of white lies , but she was of necessity getting better at it , though it would never sit comfortably with her conscience and her sense of fairness and justice . |
| 12 | Anne and Margaret will be using their talents as writers of reviews to tell us about what we hope will be memorable experiences . |
| 13 | After a short time Blackberry announced , " We 've asked Hazel to tell you about our adventures : how we made our journey here and had the good luck to join you . " |
| 14 | Spanish police had been asked to find Ms Gibson to tell her about her daughter 's being taken into care . |
| 15 | This was n't the moment to tell him about her earlier worries . |
| 16 | She 's no right to tell you about things it just was that . |
| 17 | No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going … |
| 18 | No need to tell them about Gerry . |
| 19 | Nor was there the slightest need to tell her of the thoughts that were uppermost in his mind . |
| 20 | As he made his way to work , Martin felt strangely elated and filled with the need to tell someone about his new experience . |
| 21 | There is more , and no room to tell you about it . |
| 22 | Mr de Klerk telephoned Mrs Thatcher at the Conservative conference in Blackpool to tell her of the decision before it was announced in South Africa . |
| 23 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 24 | Byrkin had twice found out Holly to tell him of the sailing of the frigate Storozhevoy from the naval harbour at Riga . |
| 25 | British Rail have nothing to report and I 've no problems to tell you about on the local buses either . |
| 26 | I have quite a few exciting things to tell you about this year 's season . |
| 27 | After the patient has run out of things to tell you on his own initiative make enquiries into each of the sections covering the particular complaint of the patient . |
| 28 | Within 24 hours , NIH security police were given the list of names and told to call each person to tell them of the theft . |
| 29 | Similar exercises have been undertaken by other er governments and there 's a tremendous contrast with the way those governments have actually sought to do this , with our own government , erm no publicity whatsoever has appeared yet and again I offer the minister the chance to tell us at some later point , what the government is prepared to do to exert itself on this matter and to tell us indeed whether it wants people to register erm it is n't particularly clear whether in fact this is part of er some idea that the government has that people should n't register and I think that the minister needs to be very clear about this so that people get the message outside , because nine and a half million people did n't vote , even in the last general election . |
| 30 | It was , as Steve Hammond said , all there , but there was nothing , she realised , in all those pages to tell her of the particular hell this couple must have been through . |