Example sentences of "tell [pron] [conj] it have " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him that it had been great . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She 'd told herself that it had been self-respect , a dislike of casual sex , that had motivated her . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Maybe it 's not easy to see what all this has to do with cancer , but you must bear with me if I tell you that it has . |
| 11 | ‘ One Sierra I looked at had done 112,000 miles but the dealer could n't tell me whether it had been once or twice around the clock . ’ |
| 12 | Very occasionally she would come and tell me that it had been left so immaculate that she 'd had almost nothing to do and instead would remove some of the dust in the melin for us . |
| 13 | Then turning to Elmer again : ‘ Your shmeckle ( penis ) tells you that it has another function — apart from pissing . |
| 14 | The garage foreman , appearing with your broken crankshaft or back axle , will tell you that it has ‘ crystallized ’ . |
| 15 | Your body will tell you when it 's had enough . |
| 16 | She could n't tell him that it had aroused her ; that the smarting of her breasts and belly and buttocks had combined to generate an absurd pleasure ; that the gentle scourging of her flesh had stimulated a tide of salaciousness ; that she was enjoying it . |
| 17 | Herr Winter tells us that it has been a family business ever since it was established by his grandfather , who also took the opportunity to purchase one of the three existing original Nipper paintings . |
| 18 | The Edinburgh Summit will tell us whether it has a real will to succeed . |
| 19 | In that case , could the Minister tell us whether it has already been agreed which firm will provide the gas pipeline ? |
| 20 | Just a quick post-script to my last message about tickets for the Sheff Wed game — I just managed to get through to the ticket office , and they said that all postal applications were sent back yesterday with a letter telling you that it 's been postponed , and to re-apply if you still want tickets . |
| 21 | The plaque was unadorned , the letters deeply carved in an elegant script reminiscent of Eric Gill , and Dalgliesh remembered his aunt telling him that it had been placed there by previous owners in the late twenties , when the cottage was originally extended . |
| 22 | It was raining when Patrick Montgomery Lundy , followed by Jane Bradley , stepped onto Irish soil , and he suddenly remembered his mother telling him that it had been raining on the day she had first come to Ireland , in the May of 1898 . |
| 23 | Now all the others are telling it that it 's got to be the one to welcome the Ship . ’ |
| 24 | And you 've got ta rewrite signal to tell you whether it 's got ta learn or to recognize the image . |
| 25 | Once you have received the mail message to tell you that it has ‘ Scanned OKay ’ , you can re-use Option 1.3.2 to enter the configuration file module . |