Example sentences of "[indef pn] could tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe someone could tell us where we are … . if it stops . ’ |
| 2 | N : I had a dream , it was a great dream where everyone was one colour and all the same height and nobody could tell them apart |
| 3 | Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ . |
| 4 | Because nobody could tell me about sport , nobody could guide me , which is what I needed . |
| 5 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 6 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 7 | Afterwards nobody could tell us about our route and it may have been a first ascent — we still do not know . |
| 8 | We kept asking people what it meant , but nobody could tell us . |
| 9 | Or somebody could tell me . |
| 10 | With the sitter and picnic box on top , no one could tell they were there . |
| 11 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 12 | No one could tell her what to do ! |
| 13 | No one could tell she and Nevil had been in it . |
| 14 | One could tell he was a man who had come a long way , and who intended going a great deal further . |
| 15 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 16 | Anyone could tell they were brother and sister they were so much alike , except that he had a little goatee beard on his chin . |