Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] tell [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 2 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Finally taking a look at the traffic on Nottingham 's roads as far as I can tell it 's all moving fairly steadily . |