Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [vb mod] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 2 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 3 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 4 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 5 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 6 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 7 | I guarantee I can tell what kind of actor a person is if I hear them do ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ . ’ |
| 8 | I suppose I ought to tell you : Swallow has a bit of a weakness where women are concerned . |
| 9 | Well , I suppose I must tell you . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I can tell you . |
| 11 | At least , I went — I suppose I could tell Hayley that . |
| 12 | There is just one thing more : I feel I should tell Leila 's parents . |
| 13 | I feel I should tell my wife what happened , because , if our relationship means anything , we should be honest . |
| 14 | I feel I should tell my wife what happened , because , if our relationship means anything , we should be honest . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 'm going out but before I go I 'll tell you one thing . |
| 17 | I thought I would tell him how to spend his money . ’ |
| 18 | I thought I ought to tell you that . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's important , but I thought I ought to tell you that I saw Mr Riddle on Friday evening . ’ |
| 20 | So I thought I 'd tell you about this bit of niceness — and no , there 's not a free Bettencourt signature model in it for me . |
| 21 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
| 22 | Erm I thought I 'd tell you a bit about what I did apart from medicine . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought I 'd tell you , because you could probably help him . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I should tell you , ’ Keith says . |
| 25 | Ladies and gentlemen , we just before we get on with the second part of the meeting when erm , meeting erm I think I ought to tell you that erm one of our committee members died a very short while back . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ I think I ought to tell you that I do not grieve for my mother . ’ |
| 27 | I think I should tell you something about Sister Beatrice . " |
| 28 | Alice said : " I think I could tell Madame Rochard . |
| 29 | But she 's , well , she 's kind , and I think I could tell her about you , and maybe she will think of something . " |
| 30 | ‘ If I knew my future and that I would never be No 1 I think I 'd tell myself to forget it . |