Example sentences of "to tell i how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grandfather added : ‘ He was too upset to tell me how they died and I did n't want to ask him . |
| 2 | would someone like to tell me how they would actually incorporate that , that additional information into the first statement ? |
| 3 | They will say ‘ I did n't know he was hoarding the tablets ’ or ‘ If only I had listened to what he was saying , maybe he was trying to tell me how he felt , and I was always too busy to listen . ’ |
| 4 | Arrogant bully ! … trying to tell me how I should pass my time and with whom I should pass it . |
| 5 | ‘ But I would like you to tell me how I 'm meant to get away from this house , if I want to go out . |
| 6 | ‘ But would you care to tell me how I could turn it round , since the snow 's narrowed the width of the road to a single track ? |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose that you will be gracious enough first to tell me how you arrived here , and secondly to allow me to take you home before you end up in another alley . |
| 8 | I want you to tell me how you want the Pied Piper to be . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've got to tell me how you got her to come here — what you said to her — what she said to you — what happened to her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I can never get you to tell me how it makes you feel , what it communicates . ’ |
| 11 | Then , when she began to tell me how it happened , and what you 'd told her , about Gittel and the curse , the scales fell from my eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ The innocence I saw five years ago is gone , ’ he said calmly , ‘ and one day you 're going to tell me how it happened . |
| 13 | And indeed , did not continue to tell her what that something else had been , but invited , ‘ Would you like to tell me how it came that , however badly , you attempted to impersonate your journalist sister ? ’ |