Example sentences of "to tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was keen to tell everyone the Great News about my dad coming back to life to expose Christianity . |
| 2 | As the New Republic succinctly put it , ‘ Kids tempted by crack do n't need the New Republic to tell them the drug is n't invariably fatal . ’ |
| 3 | Face to face meetings with parents and others is usually the best way to communicate but meeting two hundred or so parents on an individual basis to tell them the date of sports day is n't a practical or worthwhile activity . |
| 4 | You 've got to tell them the truth ! ’ |
| 5 | Most tournament players throw up blades of grass to tell them the wind direction and strength , which is ideal to copy . |
| 6 | They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth . |
| 7 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 8 | She broke off , unaccountably reluctant to tell them the rest , although she had made no secret of it in London . |
| 9 | She must write a note to each of them to tell them the families were safe as soon as they were all accounted for . |
| 10 | We 've only got two now , but they like us to tell them the details of the day . ’ |
| 11 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the shooting was being treated as murder . |
| 12 | He had met commanders from both sides to tell them the killing of L/ Cpl Edwards was being treated as murder . |
| 13 | One feature maybe one or two benefits and you do n't have to tell them the whole story . |
| 14 | We 'll be able to tell them the date though wo n't we ? |
| 15 | She then came back to tell me the customer did n't like green so would n't be having the soup . |
| 16 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 17 | ( 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 ’ . ) ’ |
| 18 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 19 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 21 | More than , Marenches said later that the Shah had told him , " I count on you always to tell me the disagreeable things that other people wo n't say . |
| 22 | ‘ Jacqui , you 've got to tell me the truth . |
| 23 | ( On first hearing of Aviv 's findings , Plaskett reportedly exclaimed : ‘ You mean to tell me the CIA has been using Pan Am planes to run drugs ? |
| 24 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 25 | She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window . |
| 26 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Ernestine , however , failed to tell me the identity of the guest . |
| 28 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 29 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 30 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |