Example sentences of "[verb] tell i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woman after woman has told me how their partners could n't bear them to cry . |
| 2 | Bill O'Reilly has told me how he got to know Jardine in later tours of England as a cricketer and writer . |
| 3 | Since she has been grown-up she has told me how she remembers those Saturday mornings and how she loved them . |
| 4 | The mysterious Fox — I was more certain than ever that he was Special Branch now — that wretched young woman lying there in the mortuary , and I remembered my unease when she 'd told me how she had returned that file at the Records Office . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , jest tell me when I hurt . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Would you mind telling me where you have just been , and where you are going ? ’ |
| 7 | Before you go , would you mind telling me where you 're staying ? ’ |
| 8 | As the housekeeper hurried away Luce asked dazedly , ‘ Would you mind telling me why I require a coat and a bag ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Would you mind telling me how you heard your sister , Sandra Riverton , had been murdered ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do you mind telling me how you know ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 've got to tell me how you got her to come here — what you said to her — what she said to you — what happened to her . ’ |
| 12 | Donaldson said , ‘ Are you finally going to tell me why I 'm here ? ’ |
| 13 | Rosie said , as they lay back , eyes narrowed in the sun , ‘ Are you going to tell me why you chose Lina ? |
| 14 | ‘ The innocence I saw five years ago is gone , ’ he said calmly , ‘ and one day you 're going to tell me how it happened . |
| 15 | ‘ Would you like to tell me why you want an abortion ? ’ |
| 16 | So , before you start demanding to know why I lied , perhaps you 'd like to tell me why you lied . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps , to start with , you 'd like to tell me why you felt that you needed a bolt-hole ? |
| 18 | Would you like to tell me where you went last night ? |
| 19 | No kidding though , would you like to tell me where you were last night ? ’ |
| 20 | would someone like to tell me how they would actually incorporate that , that additional information into the first statement ? |
| 21 | And indeed , did not continue to tell her what that something else had been , but invited , ‘ Would you like to tell me how it came that , however badly , you attempted to impersonate your journalist sister ? ’ |
| 22 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 23 | Then , when she began to tell me how it happened , and what you 'd told her , about Gittel and the curse , the scales fell from my eyes . |
| 24 | Frank came up to me and started telling me how I should run it . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll have to tell me where she 's gone . |
| 26 | ‘ Now tell me , Matilda , ’ Miss Honey said , still polishing , ‘ try to tell me exactly what goes on inside your head when you get a multiplication like that to do . |
| 27 | ‘ They do n't bother to tell me where they 're going . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Okay , Bunny , do tell me why I should n't ask after Ken . ’ |
| 29 | " Do tell me how I can help you . " |
| 30 | Do tell me how you 're going to do it ! |