Example sentences of "tell i [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You wo n't tell me them .
2 Next you will tell me they are sending aeroplanes to the stars , just like to London . ’
3 No one can tell me they are not victims of war . ’
4 They will tell me they can ‘ see ’ the theme emerging as they interview a person .
5 ‘ In my teens , I 'd always end up with women who 'd tell me they liked me as a friend but , actually , they wanted to shag my best friend .
6 Too much do n't tell me they sell cookers in here Right look at these marvellous no I mean the
7 but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ?
8 He did tell me they were going .
9 they , oh do n't tell me they do n't know , they run the company see
10 ‘ When we started out , you did n't tell me we 'd be going all the way by car , ’ she said rather accusingly .
11 Please do n't tell me we 're totally wrong for each other , Luce begged silently , I already know .
12 Well we got by you 're not gon na tell me we ca n't get by w .
13 ‘ And do n't dare tell me it 's going to be too tough for a woman , ’ Mariana shouted , as she glared down at him from the saloon .
14 ‘ You did n't tell me it was going to be anything like this ! ’
15 In the afternoon we 're on the Palmer charge and believe it or not he hits his tee-shot at the 17th to exactly the same spot again , and turns to me and says , ‘ Before you say anything , Tip , do n't tell me it 's a 6-iron . ’
16 He added : ‘ People who have heard it tell me it is extremely damaging , based not only on what Camilla Parker Bowles is heard to say to him , but more so on what he says to her .
17 Do n't tell me it 's gone ! ’
18 Why did n't you tell me it would be like this ?
19 ‘ Oh , do n't tell me it 's a horse . ’
20 ‘ Do n't tell me it 's a gas poker ?
21 Anna became agitated , Do n't tell me it is n't true !
22 You ca n't tell me it 's for nothing .
23 ‘ And do n't tell me it 's not a her , ’ she said .
24 Oh dear God , Superintendent : do n't tell me it was the sherry . ’
25 Do n't tell me it does n't make sense .
26 ‘ And do n't tell me it is merely a legal hitch ! ’
27 I wish you 'd tell me it 's a joke , once and for all .
28 You do n't tell me it 's because you 've got a lump in your throat , or an ache in your heart , or a sensation of nausea in your stomach .
29 Why did nobody tell me it was like this ? ’
30 ‘ Do n't tell me it 's a fish in need of first aid . ’
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