Example sentences of "tell you [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
2 | Dr Phillips told you of the zombis he has been studying , I take it ? ’ |
3 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |
4 | Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ? |
5 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
6 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
7 | I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in . |
8 | I told you at the beginning how it would be . |
9 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
10 | Sue and I go to this cafe , I told you at Newtown did n't I ? |
11 | Dad said to me , ‘ Just imagine if you had packed it in when I told you to ! |
12 | Then , turning on Perdita : ‘ You stupid b-b-bitch , I told you to double-bolt those doors . ’ |
13 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
14 | ‘ Why did n't you go when I told you to ? ’ |
15 | ‘ I told you to be careful , ’ he snapped wrathfully . |
16 | I I I I told you to . |
17 | I think my husband told you on the phone that buying the house over here was my idea . |
18 | ‘ You heard it could be murder ? — yes , I told you on the phone . |
19 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
20 | I told you on Saturday evening that he 's using you , just as he 's used me . ’ |
21 | But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and |
22 | I told you on Su on Sunday ! |
23 | Hallo sir , you 're calling about your daughter , Jennifer , erm I 'm sorry , I do n't really have any more information to add to what we told you on the twentieth . |
24 | Well , as Faye told you over lunch , she feels that her morning sickness is beginning to taper off . |
25 | I think it was Angie and Tony , going back to that incredible support that I told you about when I first met them , that they were also dreamers and had such faith and believed in David 's future and his destiny . |
26 | ‘ I only told you about her staying away a lot and men turning up looking for her and things like that . |
27 | I 'll say , I told you about him . ’ |
28 | You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’ |
29 | ‘ Well , I 'm the one who told you about him , remember ? |
30 | And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’ |