Example sentences of "can tell [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 By means of Crowns and Keys you can tell exactly what services and facilities to expect .
2 For the chinless chap in his chalk-stripe blue suit , strolling to wherever he performs the daily ritual of being ‘ something in the City ’ , or the geezer negotiating the early morning traffic in from Romford in his late model Ford and Italian sweatshirt , their individual style says clearly : I am here and this is where I want to be , you can tell exactly what and where that is from looking at me .
3 ‘ I can tell where you 're coming from , Rog . ’
4 And then you can get back , and use the inverse function get back , from your answer you can tell where it came from .
5 ‘ So you can tell where he is and I 'll bring him something nice .
6 You can tell where he 's been by the trail .
7 And I can tell when somebody 's bin moving me stuff around . ’
8 Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs .
9 I can tell when they have come from Goldsmiths ' .
10 and I can tell when our Julie 's in .
11 You can tell when you 're drinking if beers have been ‘ spammed up ’ .
12 ‘ I do n't think I can tell when you 're acting .
13 You can tell when it 's Shell
14 They agree you really can tell when it 's Shell .
15 You can tell when it 's Shell
16 You can tell when it 's Shell
17 Not being a moron ’ — he coughed — ‘ I can tell when I 've got a fever .
18 You can tell when my honorable friend is losing the debate .
19 I can tell when he is having a hypo because he gets disorientated and confused .
20 ‘ Now they 've got his body , is n't there some way they can tell when he was killed ?
21 ‘ I can tell why you 're in here . ’
22 The earlier approach is in some ways simpler , in that one can tell precisely what was and what was not a borough , because a borough was created by charter in a formal legal act .
23 No one can tell how they got here . ’
24 For example , you can tell how you prefer to enter your tension details ( the number of stitches and rows to ten centimetres or to four inches or to one inch and so on . )
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