Example sentences of "[adv] tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , so you do n't so told you the first year ! |
| 2 | Ignoring her question , he persisted , ‘ And naturally told you why . ’ |
| 3 | He does n't get off any lighter just because he only told you to kill Hatton . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only told you about her staying away a lot and men turning up looking for her and things like that . |
| 5 | I only told you so you know he — he — well , he likes her . |
| 6 | Erm you know the difficult thing for me is when I 'm working with people who 've actually been given no notice at all , and that 's happening with lots of organizations where on Friday you 're suddenly told you 've got no job , but your pension 's available . |
| 7 | The big problem with Benchmarks , though , is that they only tell you how well a given machine runs that particular benchmark . |
| 8 | They only tell you about that bit . |
| 9 | I can only tell you what I think I 'd do in your position and it is this . |
| 10 | I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession . |
| 11 | I can only tell you that had I done that … |
| 12 | A company representative or agent will only tell you about his own firm 's plans and so his advice will be limited . |
| 13 | I can only tell you my philosophy towards this aspect of our off-screen work . |
| 14 | I can only tell you how it was for me . |
| 15 | They 'll only tell you if they 're doing it anyway . |
| 16 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
| 17 | Similarly , the Rowdies have always made their presence felt — as any ‘ old-timer ’ will eagerly tell you . |
| 18 | It will often enough tell you what it is he should do next . |
| 19 | and it 's , it 's the wrong tape , it only tells you last week 's winners |
| 20 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 21 | Oh I could n't rightly tell you what the number of hens would be that er maybe within maybe er thirty dozen eggs in the week or so . |
| 22 | Since this is not a tourist guide , I 'll merely tell you we spent a whole morning there , and did n't see half of it . |
| 23 | If you think that would n't hurt , I 'd better tell you it was one of Albert Rowe 's specials — stale and very crusty . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you about what happened after you left , ’ Kelly said quietly . |
| 25 | It may not be relevant at all , but I 'd better tell you . |
| 26 | ‘ Jeremy , ’ I said , ‘ I think I 'd better tell you something . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd better tell you I 've had a call from Harry . |
| 28 | Now I imagine yo you come from all different parts of the county so I 'd better tell you where they are . |
| 29 | So I had better tell you . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm honest , I 'd better tell you that . |