Example sentences of "to tell [pron] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll have to tell everyone that I do n't fancy him any more
2 And when they have , we like to tell them that they have .
3 She thought she ought to tell them that she had planned to cook for Fernando tonight .
4 Cara nodded , and elatedly went on to tell them that she had heard , only that morning when she 'd looked in at her office to check her post before driving up to Cheltenham , that she 'd pulled off an interview with none other than Vendelin Gajdusek .
5 In role the teacher enters as a traveller to tell them that she has come from a neighbouring village , where Roman soldiers are delivering a decree that all will have to pay a new tax ; the traveller has to go on her way .
6 I wo n't be able to tell them that I 've been seeing you since November , but I 'll tell them . "
7 Be pleased to tell them that I remember them with great kindness and great respect .
8 He would be able to tell them that he had disposed of the offending creature and was in no danger .
9 Ackroyd put the signals to red , rang the station down the line to tell them that he had a problem and then rang the next station above to alert them that he still had a train in his section .
10 ‘ We have n't had a chance to tell them that he 's gone for trial yet , sir .
11 Besides , he might have no other chance to tell them that he loved them ; Miriam , too .
12 And you , you 'd got to tell them that you 'd been , where you 'd got , where you 'd been .
13 When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office .
14 Remember also to tell them that you love them .
15 Pep talk from my assistant commissioner , a pointless press conference , further inconclusive forensic reports , lots of people ringing up and calling in to tell me that they 've got nowhere .
16 The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me .
17 ‘ You — you mean to tell me that you left the area to come to our aid ? ’
18 They came to tell me that you 'd gone under before they could help you .
19 You are not going to tell me that you like her ?
20 Dare to tell me that you see nothing there of him , that you have no feeling for the strokes of your hands , that you have no will in you to venture after him !
21 I I th I 'm quite sure that you can go through that because you 're recognizing the patterns much more now , you 're accepting more things as , Oh yeah , you do n't need to tell me that I know it .
22 My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know .
23 The place had nothing to tell me that I did n't already know .
24 He phoned to tell me that he had it shortly after you and Nicky had left .
25 Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat .
26 ‘ Are you going to tell me that he holds his castle for the Empress and wo n't take you back ? ’
27 He said : ‘ I thought it was going to tell me that someone had died .
28 She did n't bother to tell me that she 'd only got to call you , right ?
29 She even had room to tell me that she had finished a short novel : ‘ but it suffered from my months of flat-hunting and threatened upheaval … stay in your flat .
30 Elizabeth 's travels now took her to Corsica , and she almost hesitated to tell me that she found Calvi more beautiful than Greece .
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