Example sentences of "[pron] can not tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth . |
| 2 | I can not tell you which type you have fitted to your Land Rover . |
| 3 | His poem about Mesmer is a great puzzle to me , as I can not tell with any certainty what is his attitude to Animal Magnetism , whether mocking or endorsing , and this is so with other of his work , so that often one is led to wonder whether there is not a great pother of talk about nothing much . |
| 4 | I can not tell you my thoughts as I sat on the stand and watched the Arsenal playing far below their proper form . |
| 5 | I can not tell — |
| 6 | There are fewer runners now : whether the halfpence have not flowed so freely from the pockets of the tourists , or the youthful population has decreased , I can not tell . |
| 7 | Up to now , British Telecom , sometimes attacked , sometimes praised in this magazine , has kept a dignified , appreciative , affronted , hurt or tactical silence , I can not tell which . |
| 8 | I can not tell anyone . |
| 9 | So I do not say , ‘ Believe me , for I can not tell a lie . ’ |
| 10 | I can not tell . |
| 11 | I can not tell you , boy , how beautiful that field is ! ’ |
| 12 | Miss Anthony 's London agent tells me : ‘ Lysette is filming The Hour of The Pig , in France , at the moment and it is true she is discussing some forthcoming projects , but I can not tell you what they are . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I stabbed Caroline , I can not tell you how many times . |
| 14 | I can not tell you everything about roses , because I do n't know it all — nobody does , or ever will . |
| 15 | ‘ Sire ! ’ he exclaimed , ‘ I can not tell you , it 'd be a betrayal of every sacred vow in the cookbook . ’ |
| 16 | And he was fain to acknowledge the tenant 's insistence that the bargain was sacrosanct : ‘ I can not much saie against that ; but yet I perceaue I shalbe a losser still by this bargaine , thowghe I can not tell the reason why ’ More prosaically , landownership was hedged about by varying degrees of limitation resulting from the security of customary tenures , accompanied as often as not by inelasticity of rents . |
| 17 | I can not tell when I am asleep |
| 18 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 19 | Since there are no trajectories to follow I can not tell when I next see an electron whether it is the one I called A or the one I called B or some other one altogether . |
| 20 | I can not tell what will come from this day 's work . ’ |
| 21 | I can not tell you how to create an ad . |
| 22 | Opposite the fire-place was a table , which I should call a Pembroke , only that it was made of deal , and I can not tell how far such a name may be applied to such humble material . |
| 23 | I can not tell you how proud I am . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I can not tell you his name . |
| 25 | I can not tell you any more . |
| 26 | Reverend Brown , Ladies and Gentlemen , all my guests , I can not tell you how pleased I am today to see my daughter Annabelle looking so radiantly happy , as she begins life as the wife of Steven . |
| 27 | GIPSY : [ examining PAMELA 's hand ] O , I can not tell , your hand is so white and fine I can not see the lines . |
| 28 | Only that I can not tell if the echoes are from the past or the future , or some other world altogether . |
| 29 | I can not tell you their names because some are still alive . ’ |
| 30 | I can not tell how many people live on Raasay today ; nine hundred would seem a high estimate although in the interior of the island , houses appear unexpectedly like mushrooms in the grass . |