Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hours I told him that this glimpse |
| 2 | Now three minutes I told you it was three minutes did n't I ? |
| 3 | ‘ Twenty times I tell you . ’ |
| 4 | My knees I tell you what you ca n't , you know |
| 5 | Well they 're not new blimming , new pict though they 've decorated have n't they , they 've done one coat now , I look like Nora Batty with wrinkles in this tights I told her to phone me from Woking station but she 's probably er |
| 6 | Very hard , very hard I told the lads I told 'em the union about it what he done that day . |
| 7 | The transmissions use those soliton waves we told you about way back in summer 1990 ( CI No 1,459 ) , which are electronically induced and never lose their shape as they whiz through optical glass fibre , so that signalling errors are all but non-existent , obviating the need for costly error-correction equipment , which also slows down transmission . |
| 8 | What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving . |
| 9 | The U S rig count is down , both because of those rigs I told you about for tax reasons and also because there 's always a seasonal downturn in the first quarter of this year . |
| 10 | Macari threw the corroding garment down in full view of the club 's directors he told them it reflected the state of their club . |
| 11 | The problem is that if one of the projects you tell them about goes wrong , as inevitably it will , they 're inclined to hold it against you . |
| 12 | when he 's down he ca n't move , I said yes he can , she said he ca n't , and three times she told them and it were n't until the third day , they apologise , they said I 'm awfully sorry we did n't realise just how |
| 13 | He had some material put down which , after reviewing the BBC tapes I told you about , is just amazing for that time , and for his age . |
| 14 | And , and we 've just had our walls repainted and I furious with with erm Rita cos all she we , all she got was these bloody pastel colours I tell you if I was |
| 15 | But er he , he ca n't wait to get back , well he says he 's now ten days to ten days he told me . |
| 16 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 17 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
| 18 | Her self-esteem is visibly low — no matter how many times we tell her you 're just not worth it . |
| 19 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 20 | ‘ All the things I told you about Petula … they applied just as much to a jealous dog as to a jealous woman . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not going to believe half the things I tell you , are you ? ’ |
| 22 | hang on a minute that 's not mine either , and all then that 's not my pots I tell you what when they do something they do not forget the colour |
| 23 | Doctor Andrews was so kind all the time Daddy was so terribly ill , and when I realized the desperate state of our financial affairs I told him about it , and asked his advice . |
| 24 | ‘ And then what do I do when I get the answer to these questions you told me to ask , and the newspaper ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Heavens , Jack , what things you tell me . |
| 26 | ‘ But , oh , I do cherish the little things you tell me … the things he laughs at , the way he strides out with pride . |
| 27 | And that 's why we tell them and there are some other things you tell them on the phone of course which you 'll find out about on the training school . |
| 28 | He must always believe the things she told him about other people , especially those in his father 's family , but Frankie sometimes found her instructions very hard to understand . |
| 29 | She was a jolly sort of girl but I do n't think our parents would have kept her if they had known the way she talked to us , and the things she told us . |
| 30 | As do the stories she told him . |