Example sentences of "it [conj] [pron] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said they 're gon na fetch it so you tell me where I can go and then I 'll make sure that the kids do n't go . |
| 2 | What else is it that it tells ya ? |
| 3 | ‘ You would n't believe it if I told you , ’ Adam said , and gave a sudden mirthless laugh . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you care to modify it if I tell you that we have reason to believe that you recognised Wetherby at dinner on Thursday night ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No I 'd prefer it if you told me what you like about it . ’ |
| 7 | I would know it if you told me . |
| 8 | You can live something like it in a commuter suburb , where if you have a blazing row with your wife , neighbours will only get to know about it if she tells them . |
| 9 | I 'd have hated it if someone told me who killed Laura Palmer at the start of Twin Peaks . ’ |
| 10 | Betty 's seen it and she told me about it . |
| 11 | queried whether we really needed to be in it and I told him that sales wanted it and the reasons why we wanted to be in erm even the fact that it was going to k erm give us more accounting work erm whatsisname what bank is it ? |
| 12 | I told my dad that was I chucked his in the bin and it had sort of stains on it and I told him that was |
| 13 | I 've been at a desk for years ; I want no more of it and I told them . |
| 14 | We had words about it and I told her to go ! |
| 15 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 16 | You do n't miss it until somebody tells you that you need it , then you regard it as indispensable . |
| 17 | you 'll probably say well that is does n't er quite ring a bell , because you 've never used it and you can not use it until I tell you what it is |
| 18 | ‘ And we shall continue to come back to it until you tell me what was in it . ’ |
| 19 | I wo n't believe it unless she tells me herself . |
| 20 | You can tell they like it because they tell you so . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I 'd wait until I made a go of it before I told you . |
| 22 | She still did n't catch it when they told her . |
| 23 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't believe it when he told us ! |
| 25 | But I mean it when I tell him . |
| 26 | And blew it when I told you I 'd much rather |