Example sentences of "of [noun] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 2 | Studies of simple brains like that of Aplysia tell us quite a lot . |
| 3 | The fact that for 30 years social scientists have struggled to produce a theory of interaction tells us just how complex it is . |
| 4 | " You could of course tell her the truth , " Jane suggested . |
| 5 | Because future bonuses depend on future profits earned by the GRE Life Fund , we can not of course tell you precisely what your lump sum payment would be . |
| 6 | Years of experience tell us that standard beds may not be right for every human body . |
| 7 | A warning system of whistles tells them when soldiers enter the camp . |
| 8 | A close friend of Webb told me : ‘ It does n't look as though Neil has a future with United . |
| 9 | Several Veterans ' of the Winter of discontent' told me that it was mainly the younger students who got together with their teachers to protest . |
| 10 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |
| 11 | The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy may be converted from one form to another without any of it being destroyed . |
| 12 | His low growl of pleasure told her she was pleasing him , and his voice was unsteady as he murmured against her lips . |
| 13 | Whereas the priests told him that he must die and would go either to heaven or to hell , the singers of songs told him that , though he must die , his name need not and that it was up to him whether he left behind a good or an evil reputation . |
| 14 | One day not long afterwards , Hopper got a call from Nicholson ; he was telephoning , he said , out of politeness to tell him he and Michelle were together . |
| 15 | Thus , while both firms have the same overall goal of selling furniture for profit , the more detailed breakdown of goals tells us much more about the different ways in which the two businesses will be run . |
| 16 | Hashmat Ara Begum , a community worker in the Borough of Camden told me that she too had come across the most contemptuous attitudes among Health Visitors . |
| 17 | I have not been supplied details of the BMA/BUPA scheme , but the chief executive of BUPA tells me that between 1981 and 1991 total BUPA benefit payments rose 280% while BUPA membership rose 10% . |
| 18 | Her scream of delight told me this was a good time to move away . |
| 19 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 20 | Her training and her sense of self-survival told her to consolidate her sexual hold over him . |
| 21 | The so-called science of narratology tells us that all we ever do is tell stories about ourselves whose truth is no more than their plausibility and consistency with each other . |
| 22 | Anne and Margaret will be using their talents as writers of reviews to tell us about what we hope will be memorable experiences . |
| 23 | John of Salisbury tells us that a new custom had arisen in his time that on the day on which a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood he went solemnly to church , laid his sword on the altar , and offered himself and his service to God . |
| 24 | Well there 's not a lot of point telling you la , if you 've seen it is there ? |
| 25 | The Book of Daniel tells us something about the inner vision which inspired the enemies of Antiochus IV in facing battle and martyrdom . |
| 26 | I 'm not the type of person to tell him straight out to go . ’ |
| 27 | Although her mother was n't the sort of person to tell you anything if it was something she did n't think you needed to know . |
| 28 | Seeing a smiling Mrs W of Grimsby telling us ‘ my beautiful Brand X kitchen was fitted in a day and is a dream come true ’ can be very persuasive . |
| 29 | A faint tinkle of metal told me that Shep was lurking there in his kennel and I slowed my steps ; I was n't going to be caught again . |
| 30 | Having , having got the manifest content , what , what does Freud 's theory of dreams tell us we need to do next ? |