Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] tell [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | No , I 'll tell you the best one . |
| 3 | And I 'll tell you the only reason I took the baby home was because Martin wanted her . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you the unkindest thing I know about him : he was caught being beastly to a woman at a party for no obvious reason . |
| 5 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 6 | I 'll tell you the whole truth , ’ I answered the Princess . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll tell you the whole horror story . |
| 8 | But I 'll tell you the whole story of his life , as much as I know , that is , and then you can judge for yourself . ’ |
| 9 | Well it was , what happened right , I 'll tell you the whole story from the very beginning . |
| 10 | I well I could tell you the inside story of that but I 'm not going to but I will tell the outside , the public story . |
| 11 | ‘ I can tell you the precise date , if you like . |
| 12 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 13 | She was n't sure whether she should tell him the sordid details . |
| 14 | Over supper you shall tell me the whole story , and we shall see what must be done now , to please her . ’ |
| 15 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 16 | I mean as regards I agree with the woman when she was saying about she wanted to tell her husband about what happens when he comes home from work , but I think she wo n't need all those bulletins to tell him what 's happening , she can tell him the latest bulletin before he comes in the door , could n't she ? |
| 17 | Who can tell me the next number . |
| 18 | I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs . |
| 19 | You can tell them the true way things stand . ’ |
| 20 | If you can tell him the whole town pays for itself , that 's far more impressive than — ’ |
| 21 | we 'll tell you the right one cos there 'll be several probably . |
| 22 | Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills . |
| 23 | It is for this reason that we often feel isolated in our quest ; after all , if no two people share the same experiences , no one can tell you the best way to deal with a particular situation . |
| 24 | If you are in arrears they can tell you the best way of tackling the problem as well as helping to work out your budget . |
| 25 | When you select a model , the literature which comes with it will tell you the exact size of opening and amount of ventilation space you need . |
| 26 | Perhaps this afternoon he will tell us the Labour party 's attitude to this imaginative development . |