Example sentences of "tell [pron] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah . |
| 2 | Surely someone told them that it rained in Scotland . |
| 3 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 4 | We chose retinoic acid because I met a friend , at a meeting , and he told me that it affected cell communication . |
| 5 | One glance at Hannah 's meadows told me that it had very real prospects because it did not have the lush , emerald green appearance of chemically fertilized land . |
| 6 | And when I asked her what she was doing with it , Emma — or maybe it was Sophie — told me that it had been dropped by two men , who were fighting each other behind some trees on the other side of the park . ’ |
| 7 | They let me have one last look and told me that it belonged to someone in another band — which made me feel really guilty . |
| 8 | An engineering expert in stress told me that it has recently been discovered that two pieces of metal , indistinguishable unless subjected to sophisticated tests , react differently to precisely the same amount of stress . |
| 9 | She had never farmed before , and she told me that it did not come easy . |
| 10 | She probably told me and it did n't stick . |
| 11 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 12 | But , but I said but , but that thing Trem , Trem like when she said to me do n't tell you but I told you because it concerned us |
| 13 | ‘ I told him that it had been great . ’ |
| 14 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 15 | The teacher , by now worn down by Mrs Singh 's refusal to accept Jeetinder 's limitations , told her that it had been written by ‘ a highly intelligent girl ’ . |
| 16 | She told her that it had been suggested to her that she should remain behind to rest , but she did not consider her darling Thomas would have approved of this . |
| 17 | The Bank told us that it does not reject applicants for loans unless it has some firm reason ( such as serious doubt about ability to repay ) . |
| 18 | During my recent visit to Libya with George More , a top Scots lawyer , the British community told us that it does not want sanctions or reprisals against the Libyan regime . |
| 19 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
| 20 | It does n't tell you anything I have n't already told you but it gives you reassurance . |
| 21 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
| 22 | It 's got to be told something before it does it yeah |
| 23 | She 'd told herself that it had been self-respect , a dislike of casual sex , that had motivated her . |
| 24 | Though he had never seen their cottage he seemed to remember that his aunt had told him that it lay about two miles to the south . |
| 25 | She may have told him but it did not stop the questions . |
| 26 | he would n't of told it if it gone on this |
| 27 | Maybe the day will come when Mark will ring me from the museum and tell me that it 's been decided that I must add to the catalogue the pedigree of the wrapping or package in question : Ice lolly wrapper ‘ Captain Marvel ’ , Walls , 1985 , found , Whitechapel Road , EC , condition : poor . |
| 28 | Tell me if it gets too hot on your head . |
| 29 | and then there 's me , tell me when it gets to eleven and like I had to go and get a shower and put the dinner all out and all before I left at half four . |
| 30 | which does n't actually do anything except tell you that it got there . |