Example sentences of "he [modal v] tell [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official warns Butch he must tell him the type of ball , and so Butch has another go : ‘ Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and he stamps his foot in frustration . |
| 2 | I ask him if he 'll tell me the story again , but he just looks over at me and shakes his head . |
| 3 | He 'll tell you the time of day I first entered the building . ’ |
| 4 | They can ask you anything and he 'll tell you the truth . |
| 5 | And he landed out at the Dardanelles , and here they discovered his age he was away near , he was fif about fifty six or something or fifty eight or something and he was out there in the Dar and they packed him straight back home but oh boy he could tell you the stories about America . |
| 6 | He could tell you the geology underfoot — every hedge every feature , every boundary . |
| 7 | He 'd tell me the names of ten books where it 's all said much better . |
| 8 | Perhaps this afternoon he will tell us the Labour party 's attitude to this imaginative development . |
| 9 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |
| 10 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |