Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |
| 2 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Someone should tell him that he 's not the only one with a murder on his hands . " |
| 5 | Someone should tell Joey . |
| 6 | Someone should tell Joey . |
| 7 | For I must tell you friendly in your ear , |
| 8 | ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room . |
| 9 | Please , I 've found something , I must tell you . |
| 10 | I must tell Ma about the spider , she 'd like that . ’ |
| 11 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 12 | ‘ I must tell someone . |
| 13 | All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station . |
| 14 | I must tell the doctor I am seriously ill . ’ |
| 15 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
| 16 | I must tell you , if you do n't already know from the newspapers , that he is cared for by a most responsive nurse who has been enabled by hormone therapy to breast feed him . |
| 17 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
| 18 | ‘ I must tell him , Heather Allenby 's coming over again . |
| 19 | I must tell you , though , that your son could , I am sure , have injured my father , but he did n't . |
| 20 | ‘ I must tell you , this might mean surgery or some form of drugs … ’ |
| 21 | My sister 's burnt her arm , but before you come and dress it , I must tell you that we 're frightfully hard up . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable . |
| 23 | However , I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene . |
| 24 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 25 | Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently . |
| 26 | I must tell Philippa that I was joking . |
| 27 | ‘ As an astrologer , I must tell you there is a conjunction in Uranus . ’ |
| 28 | But now that you are reaching voting age and puberty , and will inevitably soon experience the same condition , I must tell you that my penis is fluorescent green and that I have five foreskins . |
| 29 | If I can get near Mum I must tell her that she should do a spot of witnessing to the woman across from her . |
| 30 | ‘ Good , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ then you will understand why I am giving you one hundred lines which will say ‘ I must tell the truth at all times . ’ ‘ |