Example sentences of "can tell [pron] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went on : ‘ I 'll make another guess and you can tell me whether I 'm right or way off target . |
| 2 | Paul , before you get any help you can tell me whether you arranged to have me followed this afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | She can tell me if the funeral is local or private . |
| 4 | You can tell me if I 'm right or if I 'm wrong . |
| 5 | Look — I 'll slip my dress on and you can tell me if you think it 's appropriate for a country gathering . ’ |
| 6 | yes , it also er imposes on me the obligation of course erm under G of article three does n't it ? which I imagine , but you can tell me if I 'm wrong Mr is the one , is probably the one article erm , part of the article under which such things is the insurance directive is er produced , but I maybe wrong |
| 7 | I 'll tell you all about that afterwards , and then you can tell me if you do n't want to . |
| 8 | You can tell them till you 're blue in the face and they still do what they want . |
| 9 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
| 10 | As Fergus Campbell has suggested , if the ERP can tell us whether or not the subject has seen a light , it takes the psycho out of psychophysics . |
| 11 | I wonder whether the Minister can tell us whether the project at Grimethorp is now securely funded , so that it will be able to complete its programme of 1,250 hours of operation ? |
| 12 | I mean all the papers wo n't be through but they can tell us whether it 's |
| 13 | Further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Wales about the speech he is going to make , may I ask whether he can tell us if that speech is going to be included in the expenses of the Pontypridd by-election ? |
| 14 | ( You can tell us if you do , as well , of course ) . |
| 15 | these these fireman today they can , they can tell you whether the fire was |
| 16 | She said , ‘ I can tell you if they are comfortable or not . |
| 17 | Well I can tell you if you get your right grade firstly you earn a lot more money . |
| 18 | about this you are wasting your time , er then hopefully you if you are having a problem to come and see me and I can tell you if it is a problem or whether it 's not , it 's not particularly a problem , so you know , come along and see me |
| 19 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 20 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 21 | ‘ That , ’ said Lady Agnes , rising to her feet , ‘ is all I can tell you because that is all I know . |
| 22 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 23 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 24 | When the hay is fit to cart , bale , or tripod ( and only experience can tell you when it is ‘ singing ’ ) it may be raked two rows into one ( and possibly four into one ) . |
| 25 | No Elsie I did not really believe that but my heart was pounding I can tell you when they pulled that net in . |
| 26 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 27 | You 'll learn all I can tell you when the time comes and not a moment sooner . |