Example sentences of "i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water .
2 ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room .
3 I must tell him , Heather Allenby 's coming over again .
4 ‘ If Sir Henry is in danger , I must tell him . ’
5 I must tell him , she thought feverishly .
6 I must tell him to stop !
7 However , I must tell him that it is a draft directive , which has been brought forward by the Commission , utterly spuriously , on grounds of health and safety .
8 I must tell him that I have recently written to all the representative small business organisations in the United Kingdom asking them to give me examples of where excessive regulation is impeding their business .
9 Oh I must tell him then !
10 ‘ Bring them into the kitchen , please , ’ she said , her hands clasped tightly together , ‘ I must tell them all the bad news personally . ’
11 If I can get near Mum I must tell her that she should do a spot of witnessing to the woman across from her .
12 I must tell her something . ’
13 I must tell her , and quickly !
14 ‘ I 'll do as you say , young master , ’ he said , looking up at the young boy on the quayside , ‘ But I must tell your father about this . ’
15 PAMELA : I must tell your ladyship I scorn your words and am as much married as your ladyship .
16 I have always had very limited sympathy with what is rather mis misdescribed in my er er view , as industrial action , but there is one in history , one instance of industrial action with which I must tell Your Lordships I feel an increasing sympathy .
17 I must tell my right hon. and hon. Friends that we have an ally .
18 I must tell someone .
19 I must tell someone .
20 For I must tell you friendly in your ear ,
21 Please , I 've found something , I must tell you .
22 I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta .
23 All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station .
24 Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled .
25 I must tell you , if you do n't already know from the newspapers , that he is cared for by a most responsive nurse who has been enabled by hormone therapy to breast feed him .
26 I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire .
27 I must tell you , though , that your son could , I am sure , have injured my father , but he did n't .
28 I must tell you , this might mean surgery or some form of drugs … ’
29 My sister 's burnt her arm , but before you come and dress it , I must tell you that we 're frightfully hard up .
30 ‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable .
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