Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any doctor or insurer will tell you that the cause of America 's medical woes is government procedures and regulations . |
| 2 | Making a lawn , as any gardening book or groundsman will tell you , is dead easy . |
| 3 | It is important to take into consideration more than one eye-witness report of these few seconds ( and the Gaumont newsreel film ) in an effort to decide what did happen ; but no account or film can tell us exactly what Emily Davison 's motive was . |
| 4 | She was still mad at Lucy for something , and Lucy was sure that a little time and concentration would tell her what … but for the moment , somehow , the knowledge was just out of reach . |
| 5 | Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest . |
| 6 | Time and competition will tell which ideas will prosper , and which will be forgotten . |
| 7 | And intuition will tell you how to respond . |
| 8 | People sometimes think that they will always be able to hear a sentence boundary because a combination of intonation , rhythm , and pause will tell them . |
| 9 | ‘ Your wife and son can tell you all about that , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said . |