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 ? ’
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