Example sentences of "[Wh pn] could tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these deaths we tried to identify and then interview the people who could tell us most about the last twelve months of the lives of the people who died . |
| 2 | Anyway , if I changed it who could tell what other inaccuracies might creep in . |
| 3 | But today there was the picnic , and who could tell what would happen once the four of them got in amongst the pine coverts of Ham Park . |
| 4 | Grandfather Lowson lived with them — he was called Matthew , nicknamed Mather — and he was a character who could tell a good story . |
| 5 | Where they all were now , who could tell , their own levies included ? |
| 6 | And then … who could tell ? |
| 7 | ‘ It 's two and a half guineas ! ’ she hissed at Louise , who could tell that she was genuinely appalled . |
| 8 | Moreover , when barons and knights gathered together in arms , as though for war , who could tell what conspiracies and rebellions might not follow ? |
| 9 | Who could tell ? |
| 10 | Of course she knew why she had been so anxious to come ; there must be some , perhaps many , people here who could tell her about S. Kettering . |
| 11 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
| 12 | The fruit and flowers and occasional small animals were offered by — who could tell ? — suppliants inside the stockade , as well as the islanders outside . |
| 13 | But the only person who could tell us whether Connon was in or not is Mary Connon , and she 's dead . ’ |
| 14 | Who could tell , now . |
| 15 | Who could tell ? |
| 16 | Philip Winterbottom , Assistant Manager , Archives would like to hear from anyone who worked at Drummonds prior to 1960 and who could tell him about the branch as it was and of any changes or innovations which occurred . |
| 17 | The catastrophe had evidently relaxed Willis 's habitual control , and he had spoken from the heart , but who could tell how much else survived ? |
| 18 | Who could tell how far she would go ? |
| 19 | Lydia had always collected curious specimens for her parties , frequently foreign : South Africans who could tell her what it was really like over there , Nigerians in brilliant robes , an Asian boy with almond eyes who had stayed for a month until Gerald heard the scurrilous talk and kicked him out . |
| 20 | For who could tell what might await her at journey 's end ? |
| 21 | Who were the gaberlungi women who could tell me about a castle that it turns out you know all about ? |
| 22 | ‘ Of course there 's someone else who could tell . ’ |
| 23 | We thanked the wench who could tell us nothing else . |
| 24 | We have some people on training courses who could tell that they 're quite theorists cos question of challenge if you actually put forward some ideas they 'll , they 'll question them , not in a negative way , but they just want to know well where have these come from and why and why is this and on your training courses what theorists will do is if you 're actually putting together forward and processing procedures that C U follow , they 'll question why they wo n't just accept it , they 'll actually question it , not in the negative way but they 'll want to understand it . |
| 25 | Described as a chirpy cockney who could tell a plausible story . |
| 26 | Who could tell whether the rout might not merely be accelerated , turning into a complete collapse and unbarring the most direct approach to Paris ? |
| 27 | Lastly , he made up his mind to see Charlie the Pigeon , who could tell him all the things happening in the neighbourhood , because he could fly so high + see so much . |