Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 2 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 3 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 4 | well they 're alright , but I mean you can tell they take the grease out of the kitchen , but , they 're a bit of a bind are n't they ? of all the cleaning and I mean I do n't see why the people who make them do n't sell the blimming proper filter to filter themselves instead we do n't have |
| 5 | And I mean he 'll tell you right |
| 6 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 7 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 8 | But I expect you 'll tell me one of these days . ’ |
| 9 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 10 | I expect she 'll tell me all about the new job then . |
| 11 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 12 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 13 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 14 | ‘ But I suppose you 'll tell her , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | I might as well ask , because I suppose you 'll tell me anyway . ’ |
| 16 | I suppose you should tell them that you 're going to tape the conversation maybe , yeah . |
| 17 | ‘ And I suppose you can tell me again what happened next ? ’ |
| 18 | Well , I suppose I must tell you . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose I can tell you . |
| 20 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 21 | ‘ I bet she 'll tell you to go ahead . |
| 22 | I 'm going out but before I go I 'll tell you one thing . |
| 23 | I thought I would tell him how to spend his money . ’ |
| 24 | So I thought I 'd tell you about this bit of niceness — and no , there 's not a free Bettencourt signature model in it for me . |
| 25 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 26 | Erm I thought I 'd tell you a bit about what I did apart from medicine . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I 'd tell you , because you could probably help him . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought I should tell you , ’ Keith says . |
| 29 | I think she 'll tell you them , did he tell you ? |
| 30 | I think you can tell me who it is , I really do . |