Example sentences of "[noun pl] that tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 2 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Pictures that tells us our Royals ca n't bear to be together … |
| 6 | In addition to the firearms that tell us about and the door opener , was any other equipment issued to the officers ? |
| 7 | What are the signs that tell us whether or not we are making genuine progress in a particular area of study ? |
| 8 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 9 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 10 | Sets of boundary conditions that tell us the state of some regions of the universe at a certain time and what effects propagate into it subsequently from the rest of the universe . |
| 11 | It consists mainly of a diagram of the shape , plus figures that tell you about the sizes , stitches and rows . |
| 12 | Then , by putting my ear to the handle , I hear sounds that tell me whether or not the blade is close to either rabbit or ferret . |
| 13 | Even the Birds Eye ones , the pre-packed ones and what have you , frozen , are not as good as ours and that 's the customers that tell us that . |
| 14 | And if you intend to erect the garage yourself , you will of course receive comprehensive instructions that tell you where everything goes . |
| 15 | So , that made the day a bit more interesting , but he 's been stuck with er , all these upper class councillors that telling him what his job is , and |
| 16 | Many objects offer clues that tell us how they were made — an air bubble in a piece of mouth-blown glass , or the tell-tale edge that the join in the mould has left all around a cast-iron object , or the impression of a paw print left by a stray cat on a Roman clay roof tile . |
| 17 | Web-making spiders are sensitive to the vibrations on their silken threads that tell them when a victim has blundered into the web . |
| 18 | AUX ARMEES FRANCAISES and FONDE PAR NAPOLEON EN 1806 , TERMINE PAR LOUIS PHILIPPE I are inscriptions that tell us indirectly why the piece was made . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 21 | I could n't yet hear the jungle drums that told you where to go on any particular day . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't like novels that tell you about things . ’ |