Example sentences of "[adv] to tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , he only shoved ten pence in to tell me about that giro . |
| 2 | I.M. Dalby , Osric Place , Newton Aycliffe : I was at Maynards in the Haymarket , Newcastle , training to be manageress at the Bishop Auckland branch , when a lady from the snack bar next door came in to tell us of the passing away of the King . |
| 3 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 4 | It is much better only to tell them of the happier events in your life : the progress the children are making and the amusing things they say , descriptions of family outings and news of old friends and neighbours . |
| 5 | I think the players would have been men enough to tell me to my face . |
| 6 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |
| 8 | Just to tell you about Ben and he 's happily church . |
| 9 | Yet it had become a point of honour not to tell him about Lori . |
| 10 | I must ask you not to tell them of our condition , however . |
| 11 | In a few cases , staff and parents ' views were downright contradictory , for example , when asked if staff kept them fully informed about their child 's progress , a number of parents felt staff tended not to tell them about their child 's good points whereas staff said that most of what they said to parents was positive . |
| 12 | I knew it must be wrong , because afterwards he made me promise not to tell anyone about it , not even Mamma . |
| 13 | He did not explain what he meant , but went on rather quickly to tell me about the appointment , and for a while we talked about Cambridge , and places and people that we both knew well . |
| 14 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 15 | If Hank had done something particularly dreadful , either Donna Frizzell or some other nosey parker would have been on her doorstep by now to tell her about it . |
| 16 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 17 | it seems like now to tell you at last I 've come to terms with it now , I 've really |
| 18 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I have reached a momentous decision , a joyous decision , and I 've brought you here to tell you about it . ’ |
| 20 | I have to interrupt here to tell you of Rodney 's tail . |
| 21 | We 'll wait for the lads up there to tell us about the blood and we 'll read the autopsy report . |
| 22 | She was about to tell him to be careful , but then she remembered how he had laughed at the idea that Gazzer could be dangerous , so she kept her mouth shut . |
| 23 | Mr Bodenland was about to tell me of some tremendous thing that cheered him recently ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ That will be his daughter , Felicity , I was about to tell you about her , do n't keep interrupting , ’ said Aunt Lou sternly . |
| 25 | ‘ Is there anything else to tell me about Terry Place and your brother ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There is time enough yet to tell you of that , ’ she said ‘ I am tired now and must rest . |
| 27 | And by the way , put someone medical on to tell her about Eve 's injuries . |
| 28 | I went on to tell her about Wilson , Connie Fraser and Vecchi , or most of it . |
| 29 | Ven halted too , and , seeing that Fabia was interested , he went on to tell her of Mácha 's best known poem , called Maj . |
| 30 | He went on to tell them about the school . |