Example sentences of "tells [pers pn] that you " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Daddy tells me that you were apprentices together at United Motors , ’ Vicky said . |
2 | ‘ Chignell tells me that you want no thanks , ’ he resumed , and she caught at that eagerly . |
3 | ‘ Mr Oakley tells me that you 're going to give us a hand . |
4 | ‘ And the senator tells me that you 're only doing a two-week trial with his kids , is that right ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Miss Honey tells me that you are meant to be clever , too ! |
6 | She also tells me that you are unruly . |
7 | ‘ David tells me that you have been very ill , ’ said Mrs Wallington . |
8 | ‘ It was not so much consideration as intuition , for something tells me that you visit me with some strange intelligence . ’ |
9 | Let me ask er let me ask Robert over here now Robert , er I see here it tells me that you were separated from Alison , Alison your first wife , er let me get this microphone right , you were separated from your first wife , this is your second wife , you were separated from your first wife er and I understand it was a clean break , it was a clean break with a court settlement ? |
10 | I prefer to think things through and find a logical reason for them , and reason tells me that you 're hiding what information you have from the police because you 're afraid that it will ruin your scoop . |
11 | If your employer tells you that you can be relocated elsewhere within the business , there should be no question of dismissal if the change falls within the existing terms of your employment . |
12 | Ah , but what about this remarkable new diet formula from America which tells you that you can eat vast quantities of melon and chicken , or spinach and prunes , or pineapple , or whatever , as long as you keep to this one food , or this combination of two foods , for the whole day ? |
13 | You do n't miss it until somebody tells you that you need it , then you regard it as indispensable . |
14 | Alcoholism is a disease that tells you that you do not have it . |
15 | And put the X's along the bottom and that tells her that you love her and you 're thinking of her . ’ |
16 | Our sister publication BBC Gardeners ' World tells us that you can eat the fruit from your passion flower , but it will be rather seedy and not particularly palatable . |
17 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |