Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] tell [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I imagine yo you come from all different parts of the county so I 'd better tell you where they are . |
| 2 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better tell you then , had n't I ? ’ |
| 4 | He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open . |
| 5 | But I did n't tell him why I wanted it . |
| 6 | I did n't tell him how she had caught hold of my hair again when I was reaching under the bed . |
| 7 | Oh because I did n't tell her enough about the keyboard and , and the |
| 8 | In my last article in the magazine I told you all about my trip to Saudi Arabia , but I did n't tell you why I went or what I hope to do next . |
| 9 | And I did n't tell you now to make , probably that . |
| 10 | I did n't tell you how he left yet . |
| 11 | ‘ But History sometimes indulges in jokes of questionable taste ’ , the last sentence of the book , captures the sceptical Paretian ‘ Do n't say I did n't tell you so ’ flavour of Schumpeter 's analysis . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't tell you before , because I did n't want you thinking it was n't convenient to come and stay or something , darling ! ’ she 'd told her apologetically over coffee after lunch . |