Example sentences of "[adv] tell i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me why you 're here , Monsieur . ’ |
| 2 | I think you 'd better tell me exactly what 's been going on here . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better tell me exactly what happened . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better tell me how you met him and explain how we 're going to stay there with him without bloodshed . |
| 5 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why did you not tell me how you were placed ? ’ demanded Lady Merchiston the moment she walked through the door . |
| 7 | I mean , I can manage if you 'll just tell me where everything is . ’ |
| 8 | Then hurriedly , ‘ If you 'll just tell me where it is I can manage with the crutch . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you 'll just tell me where it is I can manage by myself , thank you . ’ |
| 10 | Could you please tell me exactly what smetana is and how do you use it in cooking ? |
| 11 | CAN you please tell me where I can purchase a rubber sealing ring for a Tempo High dome Pressure Cooker , 10 inches in diameter . |
| 12 | Q WILL you please tell me how you can propagate a passion flower ? |
| 13 | ‘ For instance , I 'll bet he ca n't tell me where you 'd like us to go for supper . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't tell me where he is , or I 'll go and tell him what I think of him . |
| 15 | They ca n't tell me where it comes , pardon ? |
| 16 | The woman at the villa , Barbara Coleman , would n't tell me where it was and so I went to Durance and he was equally determined about it . |
| 17 | ‘ Listen , if you do n't tell me why you want to know , then I wo n't find out for you . ’ |
| 18 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |
| 19 | She would n't tell me exactly what he 'd said . |
| 20 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 21 | Anyway , he did n't tell me when I met him . |
| 22 | ‘ Then he can bloody well tell me so himself . ’ |