Example sentences of "i [modal v] tell you i " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water . |
2 | Yes , it 's a funny old thing , actually I must tell you I feel an awful lot better since I 've passed my I suppose , last Friday I saw a Solicitor and the divorce is now actually sat up on it 's merry way rejoicing , and |
3 | ‘ I might tell you I persuaded her to cut down the list Buckmaster had drawn up of people to be informed . |
4 | ‘ I know why you 're here and I might tell you I 've had one hell of an afternoon . ’ |
5 | There are areas of contention — I ca n't really think of any at the moment — but I 'll tell you I am in extremely good books at the moment , because I cooked Christmas lunch . |
6 | So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out . |
7 | I I 'll tell you I will be I will be popular daddy when I get home . |
8 | Up there , they all camped up , I 'll tell you I 've seen sixty |
9 | Well I 'll tell you I , I , I was here last month and you know Doctor ? |
10 | Well I Oh I 'll tell you I 've got er a a photo a girl . |
11 | I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what w we you give the the the address to someone o off air because people wo n't have pen and paper now and then if any |
12 | I 'll tell you I 'm going back to Lucy next time , she 's , she 's alright Vivien but she has n't got it like Lucy , she 's not as particular . |
13 | I 'll tell you I 'll go up and collect him . |
14 | I 'll tell you I 'll do |
15 | ‘ I wish I could tell you I 'd expected there to be . ’ |
16 | I decided that once Thomas was in bed I 'd tell you I loved you and ask if we could start over , but — ’ |
17 | I will tell you I was not happy to drive into the night . |
18 | So I said , oh I said , well , you know if that 's how you feel I said , but I will tell you I said I 'm now a grandma and I said and er Carl is getting married to Rosie . |
19 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
20 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
21 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
22 | I can tell you I was feeling very sorry for myself ’ . |
23 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |
24 | That way you can tell me you 're all right , I can tell you I 'm all right , and who knows : it might make the son of a bitch edgy . ’ |
25 | ROS : Well I can tell you I 'm sick to death of it . |
26 | Well I can tell you I went to Cambridge er on er the twenty eighth of December nineteen thirty one . |
27 | I can tell you I 've no intention of letting her slip away from me , and I 'll bet my bottom dollar she 's not going , either . |
28 | I can tell you I 've seen the video . |
29 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
30 | If somebody was interviewed by him and had a bad time , I can tell you I had a bad time , well to me it was a bad time , when I with him and he saw he spoke with me . |