Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] now [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | If I told you now that we needed another five gangs of floor tilers or whatever it was which you had n't got enough of , it wo n't be floor tilers something you have n't got enough of , everything , could you get them by Monday ? |
2 | But they tell me now that it 's been increased immensely now what they get for being an oven man . |
3 | ‘ Just do yourself a favour and tell me now where my cousin is . ’ |
4 | Tell me , he said , you 're living in your ideal house , tell me now when you walk , which way do you go , what 's it like , it 's your favourite walk , it 's ideal for you , what 's it like ? |
5 | ‘ Tell me now or you 'll all have three lengths of the corridor . ’ |
6 | Tell you now that Sylvie 's dead . ’ |
7 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
8 | But if you want to have some more lessons you want if you do n't want to you can tell me now or |
9 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
10 | The area organiser responded : ‘ It 's a local rule , and I can tell you now that the committee will reject your application unless you 're in a union . ’ |
11 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
12 | ‘ I will tell you now that the Slave can take the shape of a human . |
13 | I might as well tell you now that I have done some freelance work for Her Majesty 's intelligence services . ’ |
14 | Yeah the Second World War , right , so er I can tell you now that in actual fact there 's no structural change during the thirties here but there is structural change during the war . |
15 | Oh they had I must tell you now that at the time that we had n't got a car at all , on the occasion of a royal visit , or some very important action being taken , my Chief Constable used to hire a chauffeur driven car from Mr of Lane in Ipswich . |
16 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
17 | I 'll tell you now if the poster says Labour is n't working I 'm not having it . |
18 | Are you telling me now that you do n't ? ’ |
19 | how d you know yeah , you 're telling me now that I missed something in eighty seven . |
20 | But it does sound from what you 're telling us now that it is actually directly related and to recall my original question , was it related to programme to which I had the answer no , erm what you said . |
21 | For Harrison to tell them now that logging should end would be political suicide : ‘ Vote for me : I 'll send you back to the stone age ! ’ |
22 | I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse . |
23 | ‘ I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and that consequently this country is at war with Germany . ’ |