Example sentences of "[adv] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they are only small they appear to be quite light , but seem to hold an edge and time can only tell how quickly they wear out . |
| 2 | I can only tell you what I think I 'd do in your position and it is this . |
| 3 | Her curiosity had been whetted rather than slaked , because Zambia could only tell it as far as SHe understood , and hirs was not a scientific mind by any standard . |
| 4 | If you 're Irish or Polish , no one can tell by your skin , they can only tell by your name . |
| 5 | I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession . |
| 6 | People can only tell the pollsters what they know . |
| 7 | The stewards inquired into his running but Richard Dunwoody could only tell them that the favourite was ‘ never going . |
| 8 | The caller would only tell her his name was Klaus . |
| 9 | I can only tell you that had I done that … |
| 10 | One can only tell by asking the person to do something such as ‘ state ’ or ‘ demonstrate ’ . |
| 11 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 12 | He can only tell me to eff off . |
| 13 | And then : oh , please , if there have to be more lies , at least let me only tell them to other people , not to myself any more . |
| 14 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 15 | ‘ At the moment we can only tell them apart by taking a sneaky look at the name-tags in their jumpers . |
| 16 | And her identical twin sister Anne could only tell she was sobbing by her trembling chin . |
| 17 | A company representative or agent will only tell you about his own firm 's plans and so his advice will be limited . |
| 18 | They will only tell us that a Jewish prophet called Jesus lived , preached , fell foul of the authorities and was executed . |
| 19 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 20 | I can only tell you my philosophy towards this aspect of our off-screen work . |
| 21 | You can only tell when you zoom out and can take it all in . |
| 22 | If I did , you 'd only tell them where I 'd gone . ’ |
| 23 | Caterpillars have eyes on the sides of their body but they can only tell dark from light . |
| 24 | She could only tell me that Wesley 's father had left home when he was about six years old , that his mother had remarried and the boy now lived with her and his stepfather . |
| 25 | Never mind , you 'll only tell me and I do n't want to know . |
| 26 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 27 | I 'm not telling you where I am ; you 'll only tell Angus and he 'll tell the police and they 'll take me back to the fucking hospital . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I had never heard of this before , and you can imagine the complaints from customers , we could only tell them once the police had told us . |
| 29 | I can only tell you how it was for me . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ It is vital that this inquiry should not only tell the full story of the computer system debacle but also thoroughly examine the long-standing difficulties of London 's ambulance services . ’ |