Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] that you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At parties , if people ask what you 've been doing and you tell them that you 've just been around the world , it stops the conversationd ead . ’ |
| 2 | If anyone claims to be from the Gas Board , Electricity Board , council , or any such body , keep the chain on the door and tell them that you only admit such people by appointment . |
| 3 | Divide the children up into groups for a game and then tell them that you are going to form a marching band . |
| 4 | Exercise : Choose someone whom you have taken for granted , decide to appreciate them this week , and tell them that you do . |
| 5 | Acknowledge that today is Wednesday , but tell them that you bought it on Tuesday and it is bad and you want a replacement . |
| 6 | Just tell them that you know now where Bridge 173 is . ’ |
| 7 | What do people at clubs and parties say to you when you tell them that you 're a dancer ? |
| 8 | However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning . |
| 9 | So next time your insurance is due , tell them that you 're in the Neighbourhood |
| 10 | Suppose I tell them that you want to escort me tonight for personal reasons ? ’ |
| 11 | Yeah tell them that you wanted them , and they were n't like the description |
| 12 | Bring them home and tell them that you 're taking them home to air . |
| 13 | tell them that you 're recording out of common courtesy as was , but I did n't think you two would mind because it 's , well I do n't know interesting , interesting talking to you |
| 14 | Chair , could I make , could I suggest maybe that in future when you ask organisations you make it harder for getting a license for street collection , that you tell them that you 'll want to know exactly the proportions , but I mean put it back on to them , rather than be you having to bother to it in the future . |
| 15 | Tell me that you understand . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You sit there and tell me that you can see men or ghosts or apparitions that no one else can see ; you deny all evidence that the man or ghost or apparition is actually elsewhere and therefore can not be here ; and I am prejudiced ? |
| 17 | Your superiors tell me that you are the best officer they have . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me that you do n't refuse completely . |
| 19 | Those " do n't come any closer 'cause you know how much I love you " feelings , Those " tell me that you love me , oh you did I got ta run now " blues . |
| 20 | That " say I 'm all the world to you , you 're out of your mind " " I know there 's someone else and I could kiss your behind " , Those " you say I 'm terrific but your taste was always rotten " feelings , " Go away , I need you " , " Come to me , I 'll kill you " , " Darling , I 'll do anything to keep you with me till you Tell me that you love , me , oh you did , now beat it will you " blues . |
| 21 | ‘ At least tell me that you have come to no harm in your adventuring , ’ he said , and , wonderfully , his voice was pleading . |
| 22 | Erm the other thing is to for you and I decide er well once you tell me that you 're happy er with what 's happened so far . |
| 23 | You tell me that you do n't in fact , sorry , on the Sunday before you killed the animals , you did n't in fact feed them . |
| 24 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
| 25 | If they tell you that you 're not immune , you should be vaccinated soon after your baby is born . |
| 26 | And I tell you that you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my church , and the gates of Hades will not overcome it … |
| 27 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 28 | They tell you that you see . |
| 29 | ‘ What I should have done , ’ he said smoothly , as he pressed the glass into her hand , ‘ was tell you that you would not be returning to Milano at all . ’ |
| 30 | Let me come quite clean on that and tell you that you , at the very moment I hope you are being recorded . |