Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] tell [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 2 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 3 | I 'll tell them a geezer is lying there , and he was killed by you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Look , I 've promised I 'll tell ye the story of that family , and after dinner I will . |
| 5 | Wait till I 've cut it and we 're all sat down with a piece , and I 'll tell you a story . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you a story about erm erm a girl from , she was on service in with erm Sir John , Sir John and Lady . |
| 7 | So I 'll tell you a story — a parable , perhaps — suitable for your life journey . ’ |
| 8 | Er , I 'll tell you a story and I 'll let you play a game . |
| 9 | Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ? |
| 10 | And I thought to myself yes , I 'll tell you a story ! |
| 11 | I 'll tell you a story about a place I went |
| 12 | one day I 'll tell you a story . |
| 13 | Perhaps I can explain , and in order to explain I 'll tell you a story , a literary story . |
| 14 | The old tortoise addressed him : ‘ Hey , there , I 'll tell you a secret . |
| 15 | I 'll tell you a number of and facts . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll tell you a Bible story meself In me own way . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll tell you a tale , ’ he said . |
| 18 | But I 'll tell you the name that is used , or was used afterwards , but I do n't know if that name is still used I certainly have n't seen it in a text book in years ! |
| 19 | I 'll tell you the dates of it . |
| 20 | I 'll wait , I 'll tell you the story about the fire |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll tell you the rest , ’ he said , ‘ tomorrow night ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll tell you the rest of the story anyway . |
| 23 | I 'll tell you the crunch point of it all . |
| 24 | I never expected them to , I 'll tell you the truth , but then again at that age you do n't think they ever will or it 'll ever happen to you do you ? |
| 25 | Oh , I 'll tell you the truth some day but that 's another story . |
| 26 | I 'll tell you the reason why I did this . |
| 27 | I 'll tell you the reason why I like to record what we say , somebody came to our house Thursday , did I mention it to you on the phone ? |
| 28 | ‘ Look , ’ he said : ‘ I 'll tell you the sum total of why I 'm uneasy about it — and I tell you I realize it sounds pretty feeble . |
| 29 | I 'll tell you the weather down south is just as bad . |
| 30 | Three clues to a certain film , and I 'll tell you the answer in about half an hour 's time , just before four o'clock . |