Example sentences of "[coord] i [modal v] tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 2 | ‘ And I 'll tell ye , ’ Alec Reid summoned Bubble and Squeak for another drink , ‘ that 's a guid reason why the young kid Aleena will never wed before she 's nineteen . |
| 3 | And I 'll tell you another thing , you 're too much of a liability . |
| 4 | ‘ Drink up , ’ said the darts club wit , ‘ and I 'll tell you the one about the girl who married the sailor . ’ |
| 5 | Walk along and I 'll tell you about it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Come now , pet , let's kiss and make up and I 'll tell you about him . |
| 7 | ‘ Then you 'd better sit down and I 'll tell you all about it right from the beginning ’ |
| 8 | The only difference then would have been that he would have had to sign , and then we would have had to wait two more weeks ; and I 'll tell you , it 's interesting , with the bill the way it 's written , to put that on the Carrington case would have meant his being alive and suffering two more weeks and honestly , I would have had to do something like that in two weeks , probably because we 'd have to work hard on him . |
| 9 | And I 'll tell you why . |
| 10 | And I 'll tell you something else while I 'm on : if I were you I 'd go easy on the women . |
| 11 | Jacko appeals to the meeting to endorse Gomez 's nomination for promotion and not to practise a de facto colour bar : ‘ You 're going to cut your own bloody throats and I 'll tell you for why . |
| 12 | Suppose you take me down to the Brownies ' Bridge sometime — perhaps tomorrow , as you are on holiday from school — and I 'll tell you about my Brownies . ’ |
| 13 | — And I 'll tell you to stuff it ! |
| 14 | ‘ Let me in for Chris ' sake and I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 15 | And I 'll tell you , sooner or later it 's going to occur to someone you could be useful ; useful enough to make it worthwhile taking out that dog . |
| 16 | And I 'll tell you something else . |
| 17 | Listen to me and I 'll tell you what happened . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't agree , and I 'll tell you why : because there 's always a new generation who finds those ideas fresh and new to them . |
| 19 | Speak to me and I 'll tell you what 's what ; which neck pickup best suits which bridge pickup ; which pickups most complement the music you play . |
| 20 | But I do n't worry about being a loser and I 'll tell you why . |
| 21 | I think they were sent for their tea by Billingsley and his friends , and I 'll tell you something more , no one will ever know what happened to them , so forget it ! |
| 22 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 23 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 24 | I 've got the final total written down here and I 'll tell you if you 're right . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And I 'll tell you what . |
| 26 | ‘ No , he would n't , ’ Matilda said , ‘ and I 'll tell you why . |
| 27 | ‘ Sit down and I 'll tell you — we 're having another baby . ’ |
| 28 | And I 'll tell you what it was . |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't you come and join me for dinner tomorrow evening , and I 'll tell you then . ’ |
| 30 | And I 'll tell you what we 'll be , we 'll be on the floor , and it hurts down there . |