Example sentences of "tell you " in BNC.

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1 I tell ya , it threw me having those tormented eyes of Clift staring just above me . ’
2 Suitably moved by the warm , fuzzy substances emanating from Kerr 's garage , Mark Arm grabs his harmonica , eases that ever-improving voice up several notches on the pain-ometer and dispenses such homages to excess as ‘ Flat on the floor , flat on my back/Let me tell ya baby I 've found where it 's at , ’ from the scrappy bustle of ‘ Great Down Here ’ .
3 An' I tell ya I , it really got to me .
4 they did n't come and I thought , I tell ya I kept ringing right up till ten to four on and off
5 Elvis reincarnated , I tell ya shake , rattle and roll boogie , boogie
6 I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your
7 I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know ,
8 I tell ya , I just , I just had this sort of yearning for chocolate , ooh
9 No , I tell ya , there 's about four in the company started doing it altogether , oh this is about the fourth one I think why that 's what third
10 I tell ya if you can , if you know anywhere that 's got one
11 he wo n't let them talk , it 's disgusting , I tell ya , you know , no end of times I 've been in there and it 's obvious we 're waiting for chips
12 I tell ya I got an offer today from London City Poly ?
13 Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya .
14 Miles better probably than the Manager ever anticipated ; he 's delighted they 're up there , I tell ya and you know , it 's my old club and I 'm pleased for them in that way , but I wan na see us finish off well , but pass the ball .
15 erm , I wished I did mum I tell ya , get paid next week and it 's Easter
16 rather than I tell ya cos this thing , this thing we 're in now what 's it like ?
17 oh I tell ya , I got there , I buy a couple , Sally buys 'em because I , I give 'em tapes , I do n't ask him , but he 's one of these blokes unless he buys you one he 'll take a funny
18 I do n't , I do n't wan na get the Arsenal kit cos I ai n't wearing shorts , I tell ya .
19 No' like Porkheid , I kin tell ye .
20 ‘ Youse can be at the codding , when youse like , ’ he mumbled thickly , ‘ but if this auld one in here — ’ he tapped the coffin with his glass — ‘ if this fella wants to , I tell ye , he 'll be sittin' up as bright as ye like and be givin' us all the ‘ Lark ’ , just as he was doin' that night when — ‘
21 ‘ I told ye to hit at it , I didna' tell ye to hit it , ’ he muttered .
22 She looked like a maid , I tell ye . ’
23 I tell ye , I was sorry I 'd taken the trouble . ’
24 But Ah tell ye this , laddie , Ah 'm a helluva fast learner , so do n't think ye can pull the wool or sit around on yer fat little arse doin' bugger all .
25 ‘ Ah tell ye this , Pete — ’ He was leaning across the table , his little steely grey eyes bright with a barrow boy 's excitement at striking a bargain — ‘ it 'd cost a wee fortune now just to build the hull .
26 If I never did anything but sit in this room and powder my face and tell you what a clever fool you are , i should still be heavens high above the millions of common women who do their domestic duty , and sacrifice themselves , and run Trade departments and all the rest of the vulgarities .
27 Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can .
28 The voices which tell you to let go .
29 So I tell you what .
30 I tell you what I 'll do .
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