Example sentences of "[adv] i [modal v] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right I 'll tell you in a minute . |
| 2 | We saw , we saw one or two others that were involved , that were involved in it , and er I were talking to the , one of the young producers that were there and er and I said if you 're short of some ac actors I said me and my mate will be actors you know , oh she said you 're dressed just right I 'll tell ya |
| 3 | Right I 'll tell you now , see next time you punch me in the mouth |
| 4 | yes it 's recording at the moment , yeah , right I 'll tell you all about it now be quiet . |
| 5 | Fourthly , fourthly I can tell him that prescription charges will raise nearly three hundred million pounds in the forthcoming year . |
| 6 | Where is Andrew ? ’ and eventually I can tell them and Mrs Gould gives a strange little shuddering cry and Mr Gould tells her to get the people in the house and phone for an ambulance and runs away down the path towards the river with the four Golden Labradors barking excitedly behind him . |
| 7 | But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner . |
| 8 | All very exciting and below I 'll tell you how to get hold of this cinematic delight . |
| 9 | ‘ When she is well enough I 'll tell her about your visit . ’ |
| 10 | Oh , if only I could tell you " |
| 11 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |
| 12 | PAMELA : If I should say I am not , then you will call me hard names and perhaps I shall tell a fib . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll tell you one day , if we chance to get acquainted , but for the present my name is all I have that belongs to me alone , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 15 | She added sadly , ‘ Perhaps I should tell a lie and then I could lead a comfortable life . |
| 16 | Perhaps I could tell Norman he was a godson with whom I 'd lost touch when his real mother died ? |
| 17 | As a postscript to my days in Port Said , perhaps I can tell one brief , romantic story . |
| 18 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 19 | Obviously I could tell I was getting pathetic , but surely I sounded completely under control as far as the director 's box was concerned ? |
| 20 | So I 'll tell me mum to give you . |
| 21 | Well I do n't think anyone 's gon na get this so I 'll tell you . |
| 22 | So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out . |
| 23 | Over the last six weeks or so I 'll tell you the places I 've been and the people I 've seen in the National Health Service . |
| 24 | So I 'll tell you a story — a parable , perhaps — suitable for your life journey . ’ |
| 25 | A quick reminder , many people will know , but a quick reminder and er , if you 've perhaps just come back from holiday yourself , or you 're one of our new listeners , you may not know so I 'll tell you , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call , this very programme , will be breaking new ground at the end of next month . |
| 26 | So I 'll tell you what , if we put a keen golfer out , and we have we 've we 've put one or two golfers , |
| 27 | But erm and I , I thought well he 's just going to worry unnecessarily so I 'll tell him when I 'm back |
| 28 | So I 'll tell him that the fire will be on . |
| 29 | ‘ And so I shall tell him . ’ |
| 30 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |