Example sentences of "police [conj] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If anybody knows anything about what might have happened to her I would beg them to contact the police and tell them anything that might help . ’ |
| 2 | " Go to the police and tell them you were going to throw a stone through our window ? " |
| 3 | If I have n't made any headway by Tuesday morning , I 'll go to the police and tell them about the plate . |
| 4 | Of course he had to call the police and tell them his mother was missing . |
| 5 | ‘ And you 'll get in touch with the police and tell them what you 've told me ? ’ |
| 6 | After the first clash , when the crowd was halted in front of the police cordon , some of the women had argued with the police and told them that they too were victims of the ‘ system ’ . |
| 7 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 8 | But she gave herself up to police and told them her real motive was to win attention for emotional problems . |
| 9 | As soon as she found out what had happened , she went straight to the police and told them everything . |
| 10 | Look , I do n't know a lot about this sort of thing , but surely it would go in your favour if you went to the police and told them everything of your own accord without waiting for them to … to … ? ’ |
| 11 | If I 'd of had bi I 'd have phoned the police and told them there 's something awful going on next door . |
| 12 | McDunn gets on the phone to somebody from Tayside police and tells them to contact the Goulds and stop the funeral . |