Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 2 | Tell 'em — or I 'll tell 'em when I get back to the States — I 'm pulling . |
| 3 | ‘ Let me go , or I will tell my father , Mr Frankenstein . |
| 4 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 5 | Erm or they might tell you the angle . |
| 6 | Or they could tell themselves that they belonged to a European Community from which they were in fact , until very recently , separated by a long stretch of communist-occupied territory ; and that too was not exactly convincing . |
| 7 | No need to pretend otherwise , although I could tell you some stories … |
| 8 | I can not possibly explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes — although I can tell you they involved the use of a type of radio microscope , and considerable extremely complex computer work — the programming alone involved almost a year 's work . |
| 9 | Okay let's have a look at that I 'll tell what we 'll do I 'll I 'll suggest a couple of exercises in that for you to work through . |
| 10 | Daddy 's I wan na tell him that I 'll tell him that |
| 11 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 12 | You do you work that I 'll tell you what you work that I 'll work my own out . |
| 13 | Not , of course , that she is to know that , and not , of course , that I shall tell her . |
| 14 | Mrs Lyons thought for a moment , and then she said : ‘ I see that I must tell you . |
| 15 | That I will tell them everything I can find out . |
| 16 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 17 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 18 | In the meantime , someone had found that there was some sort of balm that we could rub on his bum before the event , but an echo that I will tell you and I will never ever forget , I can honestly say that having witnessed that ordeal and experienced the aftermath , and having seen the vicious weals on Buster 's backside , I have never ever stolen a thing of any value since . |
| 19 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 20 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 21 | ‘ Anything that I can tell you , Inspector , I will , but my acquaintanceship with Mrs Iverson in the event was brief . ’ |
| 22 | The most revealing anecdote that I can tell you about that is from Coventry . |
| 23 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 24 | and there not all so heavy as , as that I can tell you that |
| 25 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 26 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 27 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 28 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 29 | He felt that I should tell her on my own . |
| 30 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |