Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 2 | Okay if I can just erm give you my business card that tells you who I am |
| 3 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 4 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 5 | This clearly allows the bilingual audience — and one 's knowledge of a language does not have to be particularly broad for one to know the rude words — to appreciate a pun that tells us much of the character of the fabliau : the essential place of the con in the conte . |
| 6 | Actually it 's all very much easier to explain in pictures than to tell you how it works , so let's go step by step , shall we ? |
| 7 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 8 | A FRIEND of mine , an artist , used surlily to describe those books that tell you that , unskilled as you are , you too can write bestsellers , cook like Escoffier and play the piano like Rubenstein if you carry out the simple instructions , as ‘ any idiot can draw books ’ . |
| 9 | Pictures that tells us our Royals ca n't bear to be together … |
| 10 | If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole . |
| 11 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 12 | She took the card and told him , ‘ Oh , I 've missed the appointment . |
| 13 | Did she leave her card and tell you when she 'd be |
| 14 | With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess . |
| 15 | You should give them a ring and tell them if you saw a strange man . |
| 16 | If you are , then give me a ring and tell me why . |
| 17 | The staff in Peter Robinson 's knew her , and in case they queried the propriety of her being there alone , she showed them her wedding ring and told them she was married . |
| 18 | It was here that Tony gave me my ring and told me that my funghi marinati was the best he 'd ever had in spite of him getting an earful of it . |
| 19 | I thanked Didier and told him to run home . |
| 20 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
| 21 | Hugo first telephoned the de Chavigny offices and told them to contact Edouard immediately ; then , for the first time in many years , he prayed . |
| 22 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 23 | He 's working himself up to walking into the Admiralty and telling them he 's getting messages in his head from Russian submarines . |
| 24 | She swallowed her disappointment and told him she loved him . |
| 25 | She closed her eyes and told him he was wonderful . |
| 26 | Sighing wearily , Beth opened her eyes and told her , ‘ You 're right , Peggy . |
| 27 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 28 | She sits on my lap , looks at the photograph and tells me her dream . |
| 29 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 30 | It was a very small audience , only about forty people , and he came up to us in the break and told us he loved it and wanted a T-shirt . |