Example sentences of "i [modal v] tell [pers pn] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it 's a funny old thing , actually I must tell you I feel an awful lot better since I 've passed my I suppose , last Friday I saw a Solicitor and the divorce is now actually sat up on it 's merry way rejoicing , and |
| 2 | I should tell her I do n't want to talk about it : it 's too painful . |
| 3 | ‘ I know why you 're here and I might tell you I 've had one hell of an afternoon . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll tell him I know you 're a sensible fellow . |
| 5 | him a wee note , and tell him that you , that you , you know , you can feel this er I 'll tell him I 've had a look at it , and think it 's the rib that 's showing through . |
| 6 | I 'll tell him I have to call you — it 's what we 've agreed . |
| 7 | Up there , they all camped up , I 'll tell you I 've seen sixty |
| 8 | Well I Oh I 'll tell you I 've got er a a photo a girl . |
| 9 | If he were alive I 'd tell him I think it 's unfair . |
| 10 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
| 11 | I can tell you I 've no intention of letting her slip away from me , and I 'll bet my bottom dollar she 's not going , either . |
| 12 | I can tell you I 've seen the video . |
| 13 | Places , I can tell you I know somewhere looking at them and I think where do I know you from |
| 14 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
| 15 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |