Example sentences of "[pron] tell i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone told me how her director always says at the end of her outpourings , ‘ Let us keep silent and wait on the Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 2 | I 'm not surprised , ’ he lied , ‘ but will someone tell me why he 's liked so much ? ’ |
| 3 | So many times I have heard someone tell me how they wished they had told the person now dead how much they loved them . |
| 4 | ‘ Somebody tell me again what all this shit is supposed to mean . ’ |
| 5 | That morning I took time off from the bank to visit Suor Eusebia , who told me exactly what had happened before Eric 's escape . |
| 6 | I watched half of it last week , as soon as you told me off I I put it off . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you told me yesterday you were self-employed ? ’ |
| 8 | You told me earlier it was fun . |
| 9 | You told me how she taunted you … |
| 10 | You told me so yourself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Bewdsley , since I appear to be saddled with this place , perhaps it is time you told me precisely what I am worth ? ’ |
| 12 | She told me when we were staying there that she 'd been trying to conceive ever since her wedding . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It is necessary to have connections , you do not understand , ’ she told me when I remarked on the fact , though even the normally impassive Czechs leapt to their feet and gallantly opened doors for her at every available opportunity . |
| 14 | She told me when I come out of prison . |
| 15 | She told me when she came round . ’ |
| 16 | ( She told me later she 'd just been in hospital . |
| 17 | She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence . |
| 18 | I asked Maureen about this strange and spectacular bird , and she told me how it came to be in her care . |
| 19 | Well , she told me how it come to be closed . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , she told me how you 'd been born early , weeks early , how you were very small , but not small enough for special care . |
| 21 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |
| 22 | She told me how she wrote several letters to her home complaining of the punishment she was given and begging to be taken away but she received no reply until one day her brother paid her a visit and gave her the news that their parents were both dead . |
| 23 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 24 | She told me how she thought the way to put Inside Out on the map was to do more hard , investigative stories . |
| 25 | As we walked she told me how she had always resisted her brother 's attempts to persuade her to emigrate to Pakistan . |
| 26 | ‘ How long must I wait , ’ he said suddenly , ‘ till you tell me why we are here together ? ’ |
| 27 | You tell me why they has Mac before Mains . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but unless you tell me why you want to know , I ca n't help you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Suppose you tell me why you 've come , and then we 'll enjoy ourselves . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going nowhere until you tell me why you 're here . ’ |