Example sentences of "[vb past] i tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just told him something Mrs Gotobed asked me to tell him . |
| 2 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 3 | ‘ Dr Jones asked me to tell you he was off to tea . |
| 4 | Pat said , carefully , " He asked me to tell you not to come down . " |
| 5 | He asked me to tell you that the government has not yet sent the compensation . |
| 6 | ‘ They asked me to tell you , ’ Adam lied . |
| 7 | He asked me to tell you , I think because he ca n't bear to talk about it . |
| 8 | ‘ The director wants to see you right away , Marianne , and Dane asked me to tell you he 'll be down in just a few minutes , Shae , to finish off his costume fitting . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been to see your husband , ’ she said — I did n't like that at all — ‘ and he asked me to tell you that if you do n't return home by the end of the week he is going to join forces with Kirsty Bull : she 's coming to live in and look after your children . ’ |
| 10 | He asked me to tell you . |
| 11 | I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion . |
| 12 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 13 | As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’ |
| 14 | what they , what we got I tell you . |
| 15 | I got I told you the about a different bana . |
| 16 | Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ? |
| 17 | ‘ The one you told me to tell him , of course . ’ |
| 18 | Well that 's where you told me to tell him to put it , behind the shed . |
| 19 | ‘ They told me to tell you , ’ she said . |
| 20 | The doctor is busy , and told me to tell you to go . ’ |
| 21 | She asked me if any of my other friends knew , which they did n't , and she encouraged me to tell them , saying that if she was the last one in the circle then all the others should know . |
| 22 | She begged me to tell her if there was any hope of happiness |
| 23 | She bade me tell you that she loves you very dearly , and has never ceased to miss you . ’ |
| 24 | But when I tried to avoid giving them he ordered me to tell him what was up . |
| 25 | I know , I pulled I told you , I 'm having deliver milk round , did n't I , they 're ever so good . |
| 26 | And he sent me to tell them he could n't come , you see . |
| 27 | Well when i I had that used to cost sixpence , but you 'd got to be properly dressed afore you went I tell you . |
| 28 | No no she managed I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was backing |
| 29 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 30 | right but then I knew I told you where |