Example sentences of "[adv] tell you [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only tell you what I think I 'd do in your position and it is this . |
| 2 | I can only tell you my philosophy towards this aspect of our off-screen work . |
| 3 | It will often enough tell you what it is he should do next . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I … think I had better tell you what happened ; I would n't like you to entertain any wrong thoughts . ’ |
| 7 | Maybe I 'd better tell you what this is all about . |
| 8 | ‘ Jeremy , ’ I said , ‘ I think I 'd better tell you something . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 'd better tell you I 've had a call from Harry . |
| 11 | He 'll soon tell you himself . |
| 12 | I can not tell you their names because some are still alive . ’ |
| 13 | But I shall not tell you their names . |
| 14 | I can not tell you which type you have fitted to your Land Rover . |
| 15 | If candidates ' responses do not tell you what you need to know then follow up your initial question with a more specific one . |
| 16 | Miss Anthony 's London agent tells me : ‘ Lysette is filming The Hour of The Pig , in France , at the moment and it is true she is discussing some forthcoming projects , but I can not tell you what they are . ’ |
| 17 | However , this still does not tell you what to do in a crisis or if an unexpected emergency arises . |
| 18 | ‘ Och , they 've all got names , but I could not tell you what they are . |
| 19 | I will not tell you what the production will be |
| 20 | As I have explained , I could not tell you what I was doing . |
| 21 | ‘ It certainly has n't taken a back seat and there have been developments , but I 'd better not tell you what they are until the details are officially released . ’ |
| 22 | I can not tell you what occurred after . ’ |
| 23 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 24 | I can not tell you everything about roses , because I do n't know it all — nobody does , or ever will . |
| 25 | She says ; I feel I would be failing in my duty as a hostess if I did not tell you everything in this house stops for tea . |
| 26 | ‘ Did I not tell you it would be my very best work ? ’ |
| 27 | When I was lately a little kind to you and you carried yourself so foolishly , did I not tell you you should say nothing of what passed to any creature , and yet you made a common talk of the matter ? |
| 28 | That 's right you see I will not I will not tell you you 're daft for buying them . |
| 29 | ‘ I can not tell you his name . |
| 30 | Keeping her voice low , Mrs McMahon began , ‘ I 'll not tell you his name — I 'll not tell anyone his name ; that will go to the grave with me — but he was n't English , Ellie . |