Example sentences of "[noun] [that] tell them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can feed the hard , round ball which is the head , the softer round rump , and the firm back that tells them which direction the baby if facing . |
| 2 | These front line workers , like the rest of us , have certain taken-for-granted ideas about ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ parenting , and they are also given expert knowledge that tells them some of the factors to which child abuse is positively related . |
| 3 | Somehow , I 'm sure that wild animals have a sixth sense that tells them they 're safe , even in the presence of their arch-enemy , man . |
| 4 | Web-making spiders are sensitive to the vibrations on their silken threads that tell them when a victim has blundered into the web . |
| 5 | Also , many firms include a tick box that tells them ( if you tick it ) that you do n't want to receive mailings from other companies . |
| 6 | ‘ About schools , no doubt , they know something-perhaps they have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for in the structure , the physical fabric . |
| 7 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 8 | So the usual thing eventually after five months waiting for payment is to find out the bloody solicitor that told them this you see and inform the the solicitors that er his client has not yet paid us and we it ought to be done and eventually that 's how we get the money . |