Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also what your collection people , sales people , delivery people and the grapevine tell you or should tell you about your customers . |
| 2 | It 's all I can or will tell you . |
| 3 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 4 | She waited a few seconds for any sounds that might tell her that her mother was in there but out of her range of sight . |
| 5 | ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't recognise any landmarks , so she went on again , keeping a sharp lookout for her ‘ pony tree ’ and for any other tree or open space that would tell her she was on the right path . |
| 7 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 8 | Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ? |
| 9 | They did this over two weeks , but there was no means of knowing the energies of the neutrons , the essential information that would tell them whether they were from the fusion of deuterium and be the final proof . |
| 10 | He kept listening for sounds that would tell him Blackbeard and his henchman were in the vicinity . |
| 11 | It was safe from air attack and shielded by the Karochooq mountain mass from satellite photography that would tell the story of the purpose for which this rock cave was fashioned . |
| 12 | It 's only if there 's a sort of niggling problem that would tell the coordinator about and they would pass it to the police officers . |
| 13 | The purpose of the rest of this book is to give you the information you need to compile the missing nutritional manual that will tell you what is just right for your body . |
| 14 | She looks around her , dazed and sluggish , while her brain tries to piece together the blurred details and recollections that will tell her where she is , and — which she would rather forget-what brought her here . |
| 15 | I do n't know what it is , I think I 've got a book upstairs that will tell you the price of them . |
| 16 | Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs . |
| 17 | Do you remember any any funny stories you that can tell us ? |
| 18 | Is there no science that can tell us how these common evils of mankind can be avoided ? |
| 19 | Hundreds of pounds ? it 's such an important issue , we ought to have it out in the open , and let's tell the taxpayers what these people say |
| 20 | and let's tell the rate payers what we expect them to do |
| 21 | Next week brings three more London premieres and may tell us more . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid I did n't think the thing through , and must tell you , therefore , to expect me looking both younger and handsomer than you remember me . |
| 23 | The nurse may be able to supply you with pants and pads , and could tell you if there is a laundry service or a collection service for disposable pads in your area . |
| 24 | Soon she knew the workers by name and could tell Stephen which man 's wife kept a neat house and whose was a slut . |
| 25 | She was impressed by how elegant she looked , and could tell by her cousin 's walk that Nora also felt that she was looking good . |
| 26 | Most of the ballroom saw the despatch being given , and could tell from Webster 's dust-stained boots that he must have ridden hard to bring the paper to Brussels , but the Prince merely thrust the despatch into a pocket of his coat and went back to his scrutiny of the younger women . |
| 27 | We have a vague description , but if you saw her close up and could tell us , it would help the police . |
| 28 | They had a very good sense of humour and could tell long sophisticated stories in what is called the spaccato , the real dialect of Parma . |
| 29 | and could tell of the netted lemon groves |
| 30 | ( 68 ) Look at me , Sir , and dare tell me there is any reason why I should take your word . |