Example sentences of "tell [pron] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 2 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 4 | When his wife returned , Linkworth told her the same believable story and she accepted it completely . |
| 5 | And my elder brother , he had told me the same thing — ‘ Babi , you are not listening to us so we are not responsible for anything . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 7 | Probably tell you the same thing a different way . |
| 8 | I tell you the same way , there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
| 9 | The Italian , French and Austrian industry ministers tell us the same . |
| 10 | They 'll all tell you the same … ’ |
| 11 | Well you can be assured that we have a very close relationship with Microsoft and Microsoft will er tell you the same story . |
| 12 | that Jackie will tell you the same , I told her mother anything from thirty to forty years ago I said , that do n't matter some toss what political power they get in power you 'll find the unions will run the country |
| 13 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 14 | Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills . |
| 15 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 16 | The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago . |
| 17 | I 've also had people at forty plus telling me the same thing which is a nonsense . |