Example sentences of "tell [pron] it be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another indicated the back of a diner and told them it was Al Capone . |
| 2 | You told me it 's fungi fungi . |
| 3 | The voice told me it was Cawthorne as much as if he 'd said ‘ spade bitch ’ . |
| 4 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 5 | It was 11.3Oam and the crick in the back of my neck told me it was time to give up trying to read ‘ War and Peace ’ lying on a sunbed under the July Spanish sun . |
| 6 | ‘ Caroline told me it was cassoulet , ’ he announced . |
| 7 | I told ya it 's Elvis |
| 8 | Anyhow , I told you it was Vecchi gunned Mahoney . ’ |
| 9 | Who told you it was Herbie ? ’ |
| 10 | He told him it was turpentine . |
| 11 | The fit had frightened Edward , and he would n't leave Anna 's side even when Ma told him it was time for bed . |
| 12 | And last night , instead of trying to comfort him for his loss , he told him it was God 's vengeance upon him . |
| 13 | Jezrael 's new inbuilt senses told her it was time to fade . |
| 14 | ‘ When she came in , we told her it was John on the radio . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The teachers told us it was Victoria and Albert lessons today , ’ said Ella through her last mouthful of cake . |
| 16 | well I , I think I 'll take agree Mr you know much more about these matters than I do , I just , my eye just lit upon that one I thought that would perhaps the one in which the insurance directive could be said to be attached , but if you 've told me it 's C I 'm perfectly happy to accept it as being C. |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd told you it was dinner you would have made an excuse . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I was n't going for Sheffield Wednesday then my instincts tell me it 's Manchester United . |
| 19 | ‘ Tell me it 's ketchup . ’ |
| 20 | My family ca n't understand why I might need to eat more , and tell me it 's greediness . |
| 21 | One can chart the seasons by the changes in the paintings : the appearance of the first Impressionists on the walls in early November always tell me it 's time to get out the winter overcoat . |
| 22 | I tell you it was Boudariah , the Slave of the Devil . |
| 23 | ‘ Tell him it 's Preston . |
| 24 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Tell him it 's Barak — ‘ |
| 26 | Tell him it 's Linkworth , sir . |
| 27 | Just tell him it 's Miss Fergusson who needs to see him . ’ |
| 28 | Tell her it 's Christopher to start with . |
| 29 | ‘ Tell her it 's Claudia . ’ |
| 30 | Tell her it was reader 's dives — not reader 's wives ? |