Example sentences of "tell [adv] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rory could tell exactly what was going to happen , and could n't stop it . |
| 2 | ‘ I could tell beforehand he was n't right . |
| 3 | The earlier approach is in some ways simpler , in that one can tell precisely what was and what was not a borough , because a borough was created by charter in a formal legal act . |
| 4 | Perhaps he could tell how he was , or where ? |
| 5 | Ryan was pretty sensitive , he could always tell when she was upset . |
| 6 | After she 'd attended to Lucien 's wound , which was hurting so much he could not tell when she was touching it , she lit a bowl of tamara weed and other herbs to induce sleep . |
| 7 | I could never tell when it was going to happen . |
| 8 | ‘ Now they 've got his body , is n't there some way they can tell when he was killed ? |
| 9 | erm In fact a simple formulation of this problem occurs in the opening paragraphs of À la Recherche , erm when the narrator writes this : ‘ When I woke in the middle of the night , I could not tell where I was , just as I did not know at first who I was . |
| 10 | They caught a glimpse of his robe in the candlelight , but only a glimpse because then he moved into the shadows and it was only by Mordecai 's gestures that they could tell where he was . |
| 11 | He could not tell why he was fascinated with this girl . |