Example sentences of "[conj] tell [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do n't lecture people or tell them what they must do . |
| 2 | All he did was ask Mr Fractor to explain things or tell him what he wanted to know . |
| 3 | You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly . |
| 4 | They ca n't force us out , or tell us what to do , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Mercifully , the storyteller does not preach , nor tell us what to think . |
| 6 | Yeah well if you want to that then that 's fine as well , I mean that Tell you what , the best thing then is can everyone put a note in my pigeon hole by Monday in other words , you 've got the weekend to decide for definite . |
| 7 | Wo n't you sit down again and tell me something I 'm dying to ask you ? ’ |
| 8 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
| 9 | Yeah and tell me something I 've always wanted to know . |
| 10 | Could someone please put my mind at rest and tell me whatever happened to it ? |
| 11 | Well , now go on and tell me me good side . ’ |
| 12 | He ca n't cuddle me any more and tell me everything 's going to be all right , so he hits me to show he 's still the boss . |
| 13 | Then you must come over and stay with me and tell me everything that 's happened . |
| 14 | Sit beside me , and tell me everything . |
| 15 | It would have been the easiest thing in the world take me into another room and tell me they actually liked what Allison was doing , but they did n't . ’ |
| 16 | Come and sit down and tell me what 's been happening . ’ |
| 17 | Cut the sob stuff and tell me what happened that night . |
| 18 | And he said , ‘ Go down to Market Time and buy ‘ Are You Experienced ’ by Jimi Hendrix , go home and listen to it and then come back tomorrow and tell me what you thought . |
| 19 | Now read both these reports again , put them together , and tell me what you think . ’ |
| 20 | I suggested they try again and this time ask for the man who had signed my receipt , and please — come back to me and tell me what they say . |
| 21 | Come , sit down and tell me what is the cause of this extraordinary behaviour . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You sit there and tell me what you want done , I 'm not exactly helpless you know . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 24 | " Listen to it and tell me what you think . " |
| 25 | Can you shed some light on the sexing of these fish , and tell me what size they should be before they breed . |
| 26 | It it 's so measure measure the gradient of that and tell me what it is . |
| 27 | Four or five bars and tell me what you notice about bar three . |
| 28 | Okay and tell me what you 're thinking as you 're doing it . |
| 29 | ‘ And tell me what you know of this supposed wife of mine . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Have a cigarette , John , and tell me what I 'm supposed to be doing . ’ |