Example sentences of "a [noun] i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shift the cattle , work the horses , stick and ball , come back for lunch , an hour 's siesta , and you go out like a light I can tell you , then we play chukkas in the afternoon . |
| 2 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 3 | If I were a man I 'd tell me to get lost — and fast ! |
| 4 | I drink everything I earn , which does n't make me much of a drunk I might tell you . ’ |
| 5 | Well then they wo n't talk to me they wo n't take any notice anyway , if they do , I 've got a letter I can tell them what I 'm doing . |
| 6 | Too wide to fit across a pack-bridge I can tell you ! |
| 7 | He that boy has got a heart as big as a mountain I 'll tell ya , in those situations he will sling himself at anything . |
| 8 | But er it 's so simple today when you realize the , the difference , how easy it is and but er that was an experience I can tell you . |
| 9 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |