Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] tell [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing I have learned is that I should never tell class members to lift their ‘ jambon ’ . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm not telling you where I am ; you 'll only tell Angus and he 'll tell the police and they 'll take me back to the fucking hospital . ’ |
| 3 | Paula said slyly , ‘ I might just tell Mum what you and Edward get up to in the pictures . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll never tell the truth , if you 'll never tell lies . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd rather tell Alan myself . |
| 6 | But having I could just tell councillor that the main problems which he felt he had to bring into this debate , the main problem is parking across the driveways in Harvey Goodwin Avenue , both the residents get very fed up because the parking . |
| 7 | My mum kept telling me she thought I was spending too much , but I 'd always tell lies about the price of things . |
| 8 | She could hardly tell Florrie that , most of all , her mind was on Dick . |
| 9 | But er I could always tell granny and granddad . |
| 10 | I 'm basically a very private person , but I 'd probably tell Pete things that I would n't tell anyone else . |
| 11 | Adam could truthfully tell Elinor that he read every word she wrote and found her books absorbing . |
| 12 | I 'd never tell Cassie |
| 13 | Whispered confessions you 'd never tell mum and dad |
| 14 | I could never tell mother because she despises homosexuals . |
| 15 | ‘ I would always tell people not to be too sensitive to the special offer mortgage rate but to look at the long-term history of how the lender treats borrowers and at all the extra fees attached , ’ says Ms Blackman . |
| 16 | She hardly thought — since it was plain that Naylor would not want to harm the close bond that existed within the family — that he would bluntly tell Travis to leave her alone . |
| 17 | But she would often tell friends how keenly she felt a responsibility not just for her employees ' jobs , but for their health , their mortgages , their children 's educations and the entire survival of the rural community in Carno . |
| 18 | But if , as seems increasingly likely , Mr Clinton will soon tell Congress and the public that American fighting men will have to be sent to Bosnia , he will have to do better than say that he has thought things over carefully . |
| 19 | The ‘ good ’ child will often tell tales on the naughty one under the guise of helping the parents know what is going on . |
| 20 | Robert Sangster , millionaire owner of Lester 's intended mount in the Breeders ' Cup Classic Rodrigo De Triano , said : ‘ You will never tell Lester when he should stop . |
| 21 | Caterpillars have eyes on the sides of their body but they can only tell dark from light . |
| 22 | Though a churchwarden , he can still tell stories of his American youth , use four letter words , or quote Bolovian rhymes and customs . |
| 23 | ‘ You can always tell kittiwakes by their great swoops . |
| 24 | And you can always tell reflectors in training , cos sometimes you 'll think what 's happening , nobody else wants participation , reflectors will actually stand back and think well what did they ask for , what do I talk about then and it 's always like a delayed response you get a lot of reflectors and we had one course once and we had all high reflector scores and that actually told us a lot about participation cos people were n't disguising any they were thinking about it coming in had time to consider an opinion so that 's a reflector . |
| 25 | — Department store bosses trying to try on clothes in their fiddly little changing rooms ( you can always tell people who 've been clothes shopping they 're the ones with the bruised elbows ) ; — Town planners and architects who think steps are an interesting feature trying to get up them in a wheelchair , with a pram , or just with creaky old legs ; — Hospital consultants who make ten appointments for the same time waiting in out-patients , especially if it 's the day when there 's a dotty old lady , a whining child and an old man who coughs and spits all in the same little section ; — Weird fashion experts wearing their crazier outfits in Darlington on a rainy Monday . |
| 26 | AS the saying goes , you can always tell Sir Ranulph — aye , but you ca n't tell him much . |
| 27 | We all like to think we know an honest face when we see one , but few of us can really tell friend from foe . |
| 28 | ‘ Let's see if you can really tell fortunes . |
| 29 | It seems a bit odd to be asking people to join the CTC in order to further the interests of cycling in Scotland ; but if we get this leaflet off the ground we can then tell HQ what we are doing for them . |