Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 2 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
| 3 | ‘ She told me much the same as Miss Rose . |
| 4 | He told me quite a lot about his experiences during our stay in hospital together . |
| 5 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 6 | I hardly would — you told me only a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 7 | Another young man told me how a Lubavitch rabbi helped him when he got into trouble with the police . |
| 8 | Lady Eleanor took me into her confidence and told me how every day , late in the evening , she went down there to see if another letter had been left . ’ |
| 9 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
| 10 | The steward told me how the management , had by chance , come across records of the women 's wages . |
| 11 | Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS . |
| 12 | ‘ The tavern wench at The Bull told me how the landlord glimpsed the young lady and her companion riding through Godstowe . ’ |
| 13 | Descriptions told you where the routes went , not how hard they were . |
| 14 | Erm and I told you how the extroverts would behave . |
| 15 | The Pay Sergeant had thrust a Railway Warrant into his hand and told him where the baggage had been dumped . |
| 16 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel like I 'm in prison and I do n't understand the crime , ’ she told him once the preliminaries were over . |
| 18 | When the boy told him how the police had made the arrests , the Prince called the division commander , whose men had arrested the twenty-four , to listen to what the boy had to say . |
| 19 | Rachel quickly told him how the heart attack had happened . |
| 20 | ’ The instincts of Robert Louis Stevenson — that sanguine consumptive with the heart of a child — told him much the same : |
| 21 | ‘ I told her where the door was , because I knew she would keep the secret . ’ |
| 22 | Ace took the note and read it , finding that it told her where the Doctor and Howard had gone . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep . |
| 24 | Carrie dropped to her knees to examine the ankle making sympathetic noises as Seb told her how the accident had occurred . |
| 25 | On that first visit he told her quite a bit about himself . |
| 26 | ‘ It would be easier if you told us where the drugs are , sir . |
| 27 | In her address , the Matron of Barnsley District General Hospital and also the Chairman of the Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital and Comforts Fund Committee , told us how the money raised last year had been used . |
| 28 | Yeah and she 's just ch told me completely the opposite . |
| 29 | ‘ Now look , as my secretary has told you just the six times , I am totally booked for 1990 and I ca n't possibly … oh dear … |
| 30 | ‘ I 've told you only the truth , my lovely one , ’ he breathed , and this time Fabia raised her head and kissed him , then found that she was the one being kissed , so expertly too that when eventually Ven pulled back she was feeling on a totally different plane . |