Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] tell [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 2 | ILL-MANNERED Tories booed , hissed and slow-handclapped Brighton 's Labour mayor as she told them the hard facts of life in Major 's Britain . |
| 3 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 4 | Different respondents may use different frames of reference unless we tell them the purpose of the rating procedure . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm worn out with eating , ’ he said , ‘ I want to sit on your lap while you tell us a story . |
| 6 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 8 | Always be very aware of your childrens ' reaction when you tell them a particular babysitter is coming . |
| 9 | And er oh she says to m She could n't did n't speak Welsh but she told what the old man told her in that shop there . |
| 10 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 11 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |
| 12 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 13 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 14 | you see We was working together and you know a a few benches from each other and of course as I told you the the lads worked with a man . |
| 15 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 16 | I give you the input and you tell me the answer . |