Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] to tell you [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 2 | However , I am going to tell you the names of the cards you are now thinking about . |
| 3 | To this he answered ‘ Daphne , I respect you very much , and I respect your husband very much , and because of this I am going to tell you the truth . |
| 4 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 5 | I 'm going to tell you a story . |
| 6 | You also diminish their status when you tell them how to react : ‘ I 'm sorry , this is going to be boring — but here goes ’ or ‘ I 'm going to tell you a very funny story now . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story . ’ |
| 8 | So I took his arm and made him sit down again , and I said , I 'm going to tell you a fairy story . |
| 9 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm going to tell you a little bit this morning about South East Arts and it 's support for the visual arts in the South East here . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm going to tell you the truth . |