Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could [adv] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 2 | Denis Smith reckoned you could n't tell which was the top club … and which was the bottom … that 's a fair point … but Charlton took all three … 1-0 the final score … |
| 3 | Sir Walter Scott called barefoot and ragged wild mountain Scots lads ‘ gillie wetfoots ’ , saying he could not tell them apart from the fairies who ‘ beat the bushes ’ . |
| 4 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 5 | I had to phone Mrs erm , erm Reverend 's wife and she said , she said I could n't tell you , Mrs but she said erm phone Mrs . |
| 6 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 7 | She said she could n't tell me because you would probably get it out of me , snake that you are . ’ |
| 8 | ROBBIE You used to say you could always tell what was bothering me , you said my face gave me away . |
| 9 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |