Example sentences of "i can [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 31 | I can tell you Surkov petted with Mrs Thatcher , or at least boasted of having done so ; I would not feel able to confess to it myself . |
| 32 | However , I can tell you what it is about : Hawking 's work , in the light of the Big Bang that created the universe , to reconcile Einstein 's theory of relativity with quantum mechanics . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
| 35 | That 's about all I can tell you . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Definitely a few , but it 's not made of feathers , that , sir , I can tell you . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
| 38 | ‘ The Haven has been in a right uproar since the power failure , I can tell you . |
| 39 | You had me worried there for a moment , I can tell you . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ She was a right goer , I can tell you . |
| 41 | I can not possibly explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes — although I can tell you they involved the use of a type of radio microscope , and considerable extremely complex computer work — the programming alone involved almost a year 's work . |
| 42 | As for Wolfgang 's opera all I can tell you is that , to put it shortly , the whole hell of musicians has arisen to prevent the display of a child 's ability . |
| 43 | I can tell you the number of ounces in each case , if you wish . ’ |
| 44 | I gave him a good going-over , I can tell you . |
| 45 | It 's no fun being Dean , these days , I can tell you . |
| 46 | ‘ I can tell you every word they said ! ’ |
| 47 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 48 | She said it was all just paper talk because she 'd just had a gorgeous postcard from Mark but it gets to them , I can tell you . ’ |
| 49 | It 's a queer feeling I can tell you … ’ |
| 50 | ‘ I can tell you one thing — Morgan is n't allowed anywhere near this place . |
| 51 | I can tell you that is n't easy to arrange . ’ |
| 52 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
| 53 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
| 54 | It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you . |
| 55 | No Elsie I did not really believe that but my heart was pounding I can tell you when they pulled that net in . |
| 56 | I can tell you Elsie I have never seen a fish like it . |
| 57 | But I can tell you that Simon is well . |
| 58 | I can tell you , Donald , it was a very unpleasant experience , particularly as I fainted in the street just as the thief disappeared . |
| 59 | I 'm learning new things every day here , Donald , and I can tell you it 's an extraordinary place . |
| 60 | If Father were to hear them he 'd whip me out of that place much quicker than he pushed me in , I can tell you . |