Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got I told you the about a different bana . |
| 2 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 3 | Now I want you to tell me the important part — why the hell are you so desperate that you 'll go to this extent in order to get your hands on the bequest ? |
| 4 | ‘ Let me tell you the story . |
| 5 | Let me tell you the rules of the game . |
| 6 | Let me tell you the word there spreading is that you have vowed to kill all everybody . |
| 7 | Let me tell you the sort of guys I 've been dealing with for years . ’ |
| 8 | We 've only got two now , but they like us to tell them the details of the day . ’ |
| 9 | Suppose I tell you the name of the guy who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 10 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 11 | ( For instance , one veteran listed a pair of jogging shoes left behind on the islands among his painful memories : another recalled a letter he wrote to his girlfriend from the trenches , asking her to tell me the truth , if she did n't love me any more or was going out with another boy ’ . ) ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You mean her telling him the way she did ? ’ |
| 13 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 14 | Juliet was remembering Celia 's frightened voice as she asked her to tell her the blood results before anyone else . |
| 15 | We cut out a Fife man and made him tell us the plan for the men they dropped on the Forth . |
| 16 | Telephone the AA and ask them to tell you the best route . |
| 17 | On the probable site of Wallace 's birthplace at Elderslie a modern memorial bears inscriptions in Gaelic ( Bas agus Buaiad — Death and Victory ) , English , and Latin , a translation of which reads I tell you the truth . |
| 18 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 19 | By that time Barbara knew Leo very well , and she guessed how much it had cost him to tell her the whole unsavoury story . |
| 20 | On Joe 's previous leave he had noticed how quiet and unhappy she seemed , and persuaded her to tell him the reason . |
| 21 | What do I tell him the next time he asks |
| 22 | Did I tell you the name They 're place is called , oh there , there was er couple of weeks ago , they had a strip show |
| 23 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 24 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |
| 25 | Still , I managed to get her to tell me the name of the hospital , and then I spent my entire lunchtime talking to the doctors there who treated Ryan . |
| 26 | Did they tell you the truth ? |
| 27 | It would only confuse him to tell him the truth . |
| 28 | ‘ Did he tell you the results of those enquiries ? ’ |
| 29 | And had she told them the reason that was at the back of the suggestion , they would not have believed that either . |
| 30 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |