Example sentences of "[modal v] tell you [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they had I must tell you now that at the time that we had n't got a car at all , on the occasion of a royal visit , or some very important action being taken , my Chief Constable used to hire a chauffeur driven car from Mr of Lane in Ipswich . |
| 2 | I will tell you plainly that so far as I am concerned that objective is the promotion of books … . ’ |
| 3 | The owner of the Wight Mouse Inn will tell you jokingly that his sign actually means ‘ most children welcome ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I will tell you now that the Slave can take the shape of a human . |
| 5 | I can tell you confidentially that a well-known boxer who owns a company has been stake-building . |
| 6 | The area organiser responded : ‘ It 's a local rule , and I can tell you now that the committee will reject your application unless you 're in a union . ’ |
| 7 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah the Second World War , right , so er I can tell you now that in actual fact there 's no structural change during the thirties here but there is structural change during the war . |