Example sentences of "[conj] you [vb mod] [adv] tell [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It encouraged drivers to limit their drinking because there might have been the conception that you could n't tell people not to drink at all , ’ says the DoT spokesman . |
| 2 | ‘ And you 'll not tell Dad ? ’ |
| 3 | We had a good letter once , it said , ‘ Dear Eric Morecambe , you ca n't sing , you can ‘ t dance , and you ca n't tell jokes and you ‘ re not funny . |
| 4 | And you can always tell reflectors in training , cos sometimes you 'll think what 's happening , nobody else wants participation , reflectors will actually stand back and think well what did they ask for , what do I talk about then and it 's always like a delayed response you get a lot of reflectors and we had one course once and we had all high reflector scores and that actually told us a lot about participation cos people were n't disguising any they were thinking about it coming in had time to consider an opinion so that 's a reflector . |
| 5 | I 'll never tell the truth , if you 'll never tell lies . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Let's see if you can really tell fortunes . |
| 7 | Yeah but you ca n't tell screws from security can you ? |
| 8 | But you would n't tell Mr Cantrell , would you . ’ |