Example sentences of "tell you that i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't tidy up the house until after the fingerprint team have been , and I 've already told you that I 'll arrange for that to be done . ’ |
| 2 | And believe me when I tell you that I 'll do whatever I have to do to make you stay here . ’ |
| 3 | If I tell you that I can rid you of the damned spots will ye do what I say ? ’ |
| 4 | I wish , like Arthur or King Stephen , I could tell you that I will return when the hour comes round again ; that , one day in the future , some public relations executive , some politician or health fascist , some snivelling egalitarian with dandruff in his eyebrows , some stunted corporatist with a filthy mind will go too far , and with a bright flash , a smell of freshly-oiled leather and the sound of a celestial whip cracking , I will once more be among you , eyes blazing , tongue wagging ten to the dozen , and in my bronzed and muscular arms a lovely cornucopia of drugs , women and vulgar abuse . |
| 5 | Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have that to tell you that I should have told before this , since it has to do with the issue that is now in dispute among all here . |
| 7 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 8 | ‘ And I do n't need to tell you that I 'd appreciate your whole-hearted co-operation this evening . |