Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [vb mod] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should n't criticise it as everyone else does , because without the M25 , it would be impossible to get to all of the six clubs that we have built , strung out like pearls , ( or glass beads , my critics would tell you ) around its perimeter . |
| 2 | In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls . |
| 3 | Those of the Indus and Ganges dolphins even lack lenses , so that their eyes can tell them little more than the difference between light and darkness , between day and night . |
| 4 | If these claims fail , others who should be protecting her interests will tell her that she contributed to the situation by being in male territory . |
| 5 | Why not see whether their opinions varied and whether , she thought distantly , her stars could tell her which way now to turn ? |
| 6 | As his peers will tell you , however , he is a class player , and there are few enough of these in amateur golf . |
| 7 | I expect his spies will tell him , though . ’ |
| 8 | His pupils will tell you differently — well not tell you exactly but demonstrate it in their changed lifestyle , which even their parents notice . |
| 9 | Which of course is what advertisers would tell you as well . |
| 10 | Your kids will tell you . |
| 11 | But run too far in unsuitable shoes , whether the cheapest or most expensive on the market , and your feet will tell you . |
| 12 | We usually assume that our minds can tell us a lot about what things are really like , but this is an idea which Proust , like Bergson , I may say , erm rather firmly rejects . |