Example sentences of "[vb base] i tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya . |
| 2 | DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya . |
| 3 | Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds . |
| 4 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 5 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ Let me tell you , there 's no one better than Will Clark . |
| 7 | What you doing it for ? 'Cos let me tell you , the only people who are going to be interested in your bloody research are the authorities . |
| 8 | Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate . |
| 9 | To some degree we must all find the system best for ourselves , but let me tell you what I do . |
| 10 | Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water . |
| 11 | Now let me tell you all the news . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived . |
| 13 | Let me tell you to what degree . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
| 16 | We were , let me tell you , impressed . |
| 17 | And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . |
| 18 | But let me tell you , there 's one thing you can bet on about Rim . |
| 19 | M. Dupont said something briefly which I did not catch , then Mr Lewis said again : ‘ Let me tell you , sir , I was appalled . |
| 20 | I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed . |
| 21 | Well let me tell you that you 're the one that 's slipped up , not me . |
| 22 | Let me tell you briefly what happened . |
| 23 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 24 | Then her eyes sprang wide with the words : ‘ And let me tell you something , I 'm not spending any more nights on that bloody single mattress in there . |
| 25 | And let me tell you something finally , you ca n't hold a candle to my woman . |
| 26 | Well , let me tell you , I 'll be here when you do go , and God ! |
| 27 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
| 28 | And let me tell you , you pompous individual , that there are more wars to be fought than those with guns . |
| 29 | But listen , Bobbie , and let me tell you this : if you ever come to Victoria again without visiting me , you 'll never be a pall-bearer at my funeral ! ’ |
| 30 | Before some of you scoff at the obscurity of such a subject , let me tell you what the preacher meant ( or rather what I think the preacher meant ) by it . |