Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] tell them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I 'd told them about Chris , but they 'd suspected . |
| 2 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 3 | I 've got seven English players in my team including lads like Gavin Peacock and Lee Clark and I 've told them they 've got to get up there to earn recognition . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But this situation will never change and I 've told them I do n't want anyone involved in unsavoury incidents . ’ |
| 5 | And I 've told them what a B E S one is and they said , why ? |
| 6 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |
| 7 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 8 | ‘ And I started telling them , ‘ I 'm not an Indian , I 'm Aymara . |
| 9 | ‘ British Rail staff have always been very helpful to me but this ca n't justify the cuts and I have told them so in writing , ’ he added . |
| 10 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 11 | If I had told them him they would have found out my name . |
| 12 | Right people here at half past three , if I have to tell them about fooling about . |
| 13 | And if I refuse to tell them , they 'll become suspicious . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Supposing I offer to tell them about the Feargach Grian ? ’ |
| 15 | Er but I mean tell them if they need to buy anything to get the receipts , |
| 16 | And he added : ‘ I thanked my team for trying hard after the game , but I had to tell them they were outplayed by a better team . |
| 17 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |
| 18 | It would probably kill my mum but I had to tell them . |
| 19 | But I wanted to tell them everything . |
| 20 | Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know . |