Example sentences of "[conj] tell i in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 2 | He had watched his sisters slide into prostitution , through financial and practical necessity , and told me in his Spanish dialect that he had become used to sleeping on the floor at home while they fucked a random selection of Cuban , Puerto Rican and American sailors from the nearby US Naval base at Subic Bay in the Philippines . |
| 3 | Sue now weighs 8st 3lbs ( 52 kg ) and tells me in an accompanying letter that her weight loss and subsequent new figure has completely changed her life in every respect . |
| 4 | Ma nods , looks pleadingly and tells me in her love-voice : ‘ She 's only a tiny baby , Jimbo . |
| 5 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |