Example sentences of "[noun] i [modal v] tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard I must tell you , listening to you at the moment is Simon Wigg on one of our other lines erm just a word about Simon before I bring him in . |
| 2 | That 's another story I could tell you it 'd er er make your hair curl . |
| 3 | ‘ In that case I can tell you that in my humble opinion this place is the meanest , tightest little arsehole in the entire fucking country . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course I 'll tell you . |
| 5 | But er it 's so simple today when you realize the , the difference , how easy it is and but er that was an experience I can tell you . |
| 6 | ‘ Mo I 'll tell you something now . |
| 7 | Oh yes , as they were filming at the Lyceum last week they were , it were a good programme I can tell you |
| 8 | Two lovely lads I 'll tell you and that concert tonight going to be er absolute corker it 's at the Royal Concert Hall tonight in Nottingham . |
| 9 | ‘ Shift the cattle , work the horses , stick and ball , come back for lunch , an hour 's siesta , and you go out like a light I can tell you , then we play chukkas in the afternoon . |
| 10 | I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’ |
| 11 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 12 | They want the work I 'll tell you that . |
| 13 | And if this were any other place I 'd tell you to get the hell out of here and out of my life . ’ |
| 14 | There are a lot of people here in your position and we 've got to try and please everybody , which is n't an easy job in this place I can tell you . ’ |
| 15 | For a small fee I 'll tell you different . |
| 16 | Finally and in total conclusion I must tell you what happened when we took Adam to a specialist to find out if he had a particular familial complaint . |
| 17 | Well I would n't imagine myself doing this tonight Donald I can tell you that |
| 18 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 19 | Now speaking to you , as chairman of the G M B parliamentary group I can tell you that we have met twice over the last few weeks on this issue of modernization and we are agreed on the need to avoid a damaging public row from which everybody yes including the unions , will lose . |
| 20 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 21 | Some day I 'll tell you . |
| 22 | one day I 'll tell you a story . |
| 23 | But fortunately most people who are asked to help in surveys are prepared to accept that they are appropriate people to answer questions on the survey for which they are approached , and particularly where people feel that they are being asked to give ‘ expert ’ information this can be seen as rather a compliment : ‘ If you want to know about how a housewife organizes her day I can tell you everything you need to know . ’ |
| 24 | He 's dead meat I 'll tell you |
| 25 | This is going to be exciting stuff I 'll tell you . |
| 26 | Well if you want facts and figures on it we can give you it but I 'll tell you what it 's meant to I 'll tell you what it 's meant training service I can tell you what it 's meant to the royal dockyards which we 've got to talk about yet from thirteen thousand , in some instances you 're down to five . |
| 27 | It starts at eight o'clock the tickets are six quid on the door and appearing are the Ivy League Alf Berry and Heather Nixon , Night Ride organist and drummer and the compere is Peter Lawrie it 'll be a good night I 'll tell you that . |
| 28 | We have a new Committee organising events after the AGM , but one future event I can tell you about is the trip to the Great British Beer Festival . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's done it brilliantly again and he 'll be better for that race I can tell you , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Well , no chance I can tell you now . |