Example sentences of "[pron] could tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For my part I would have to decide how much I could tell her without giving away Neil 's presence on Moila . |
| 2 | ‘ I could tell her I 'd sleep in the bathroom . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't feel I could tell her on my own . |
| 4 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 5 | But she 's , well , she 's kind , and I think I could tell her about you , and maybe she will think of something . " |
| 6 | She said you could have kept this shut and I could tell her myself . |
| 7 | I could tell him anything , even share with him the contradictory motives within my personality , and he would still love and accept me . |
| 8 | I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things ! |
| 9 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 10 | I wish I could tell him that we are all in the same boat . |
| 11 | ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’ |
| 12 | He came in one day and asked what M C C stood for , and I 've always known a lot of useless information , so I could tell him , so I was then dispatched everyday to the erm radio shop in the High Street , to get the cricket scores in Australia . |
| 13 | I could tell them exactly how we 'd do it . |
| 14 | ‘ There was n't anything much I could tell them yesterday . ’ |
| 15 | They would n't believe me , even if I could tell them . |
| 16 | All the family grew more and more irritated as Frank interrupted every conversation they tried to have with Terry , saying , ‘ You 're not telling that right , Ted , ’ or ‘ I could tell them more about that , Ted ’ . |
| 17 | I could tell them about Renascia to begin with . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I could tell them where to look for the escaped prisoner , but I am not going to help them . |
| 19 | So if I wanted to I could tell them where to go with that and all . |
| 20 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 21 | It was n't that they were prudish , I could tell they 'd heard it before . |
| 22 | I could tell it was virtually on the point of death . |
| 23 | And erm he he worked shifts , er the morning shift or the day shift as it was called , which was from erm , I do n't know as far as I could tell it was from six till two or something like that . |
| 24 | This photograph , this swipe of grain , so briefly glimpsed : I could tell it contained extraordinary information . |
| 25 | I could tell it to G.P. |
| 26 | I could tell it |
| 27 | There was n't much I could tell 'em except ter give 'em a description o' the Italian-lookin' bloke . |
| 28 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 29 | What I could tell I have told , and the rest must wait for the light . |
| 30 | Obviously I could tell I was getting pathetic , but surely I sounded completely under control as far as the director 's box was concerned ? |