Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ None that I 'd tell you , ’ she said clearly , and he laughed , coming back to collect her . |
| 32 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
| 33 | ‘ I trust both of you , so I shall tell you . |
| 34 | Well , I ai n't one not to be frank , so I 'll tell yer . |
| 35 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 36 | ‘ You 're a big girl , now , Lyn , so I 'll tell you that you 're right . |
| 37 | But I think you 're probably doing something I 'd sympathize with , so I 'll tell you . |
| 38 | ‘ We 're well off the record now , so I 'll tell you something about Jack Scamp . ’ |
| 39 | I noticed Stuart has n't written up to say what he looks like , so I 'll tell you that he 's a cross between Paul Young and Griff Rhys-Jones . |
| 40 | ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’ |
| 41 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
| 42 | I 'd be most obliged if you 'd open your door so I can tell you what this is about . ’ |
| 43 | I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |
| 45 | My father spoke Polish and Russian and my mother spoke French — we had French people there , so I must tell you , I was really lucky , I went through the war without seeing anything horrible — I saw nothing , nothing at all , because nothing happened up there . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Besides , th'know mine now , and I 'll tell thee my trade like thee asked . |
| 47 | And I 'll tell thee for naught , Daniel — never look to me for succour . |
| 48 | And I 'll tell him that it was due to your kindness that I was able to bake his birthday cake . " |
| 49 | ‘ I 'll do my best , ’ I said , and then I made her bite her lip in vexation for I said with a smile , ‘ And I 'll tell him you 're all in favour , if I may . ’ |
| 50 | He said , I 'll get onto them and I 'll tell him he has to come and clean your windows he 's been a bit busy . |
| 51 | And I 'll tell them why I took a woman , and that she 's good to me . |
| 52 | ‘ You drink this and I 'll tell her you 're here . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ I have a chambermaid each morning , and I 'll tell her if I need anything . |
| 54 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 55 | And I 'll tell yer something else : you 're his fucking brother-you 're gon na fucking pay it back . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ And I 'll tell ye , ’ Alec Reid summoned Bubble and Squeak for another drink , ‘ that 's a guid reason why the young kid Aleena will never wed before she 's nineteen . |
| 57 | And I 'll tell you another thing , you 're too much of a liability . |
| 58 | ‘ Drink up , ’ said the darts club wit , ‘ and I 'll tell you the one about the girl who married the sailor . ’ |
| 59 | Walk along and I 'll tell you about it . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Come now , pet , let's kiss and make up and I 'll tell you about him . |