Example sentences of "[vb past] tell they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 2 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 3 | If they did n't bring back the amount of money he 'd told them to , he beat them with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 4 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 5 | One day Mr Bumble came to tell them about a woman who had died in an extremely poor part of the town , and Sowerberry and Oliver went to collect the body . |
| 6 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 7 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 8 | Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . |
| 9 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 10 | And what a month it 's been , ’ mused Breeze , and she made a peep-hole too , and looked out at the sodden fields where leggy lambs were standing in groups , obviously wondering what had become of the lovely sunshine their mothers had told them about . |
| 11 | It does n't occur to them that if they had told them about contraceptives , they would not be pregnant . |
| 12 | very settled in the library er she went to the interview er and she said she 'd er remembered everything that the teacher had told them about how to present themselves at interviews and she went down and the er , the librarian says well , asked her a few questions and he says |
| 13 | This week NRPB staff said privately that they were angry that nobody had told them of their gaff . |
| 14 | When Pat had told them of his new orders he said to his wife , ‘ You 'll have your lad home again , Julia , however it goes with , these letters he 's had . |
| 15 | Even Riven laughed with the rest as they piled into the inn Finnan had told them of , and Ratagan wished the landlord good day in a roar that made the poor man cower . |
| 16 | Martinho had told them of everything up to the time of his own escape . |
| 17 | Joshua Morris had told them of Felicity 's impending arrival , and-ordered a light supper at seven to be eaten in their room . |
| 18 | Barry had told them at school that his Dad had bought him a tarantula . |
| 19 | He was watching Charles closely , as if afraid that he would not be believed , when he came to describe the meeting with Maureen O'Duffy and what she had told them during the drive down the mountain . |
| 20 | ‘ France has her eyes on you , ’ he had told them in his first Order of the Day , and the troops had their eyes on Pétain ; even though for the best part of a week they were not actually to see the new commander in person . |
| 21 | In order to persuade them , Richard Baxter felt he had to tell them of his concerns about the army and the reasons why he felt he must go . |
| 22 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 23 | But we had to tell them about some modifications that needed to be done . |
| 24 | She wanted to tell them about her , to share her ghosts with them , to beg from them some mutual memory , some working-class wisdom . |