Example sentences of "[noun] i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard I must tell you , listening to you at the moment is Simon Wigg on one of our other lines erm just a word about Simon before I bring him in . |
| 2 | ‘ And in a fairy story I 'd tell him to get lost , ’ Eve said , laughing . |
| 3 | That 's another story I could tell you it 'd er er make your hair curl . |
| 4 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In that case I can tell you that in my humble opinion this place is the meanest , tightest little arsehole in the entire fucking country . |
| 6 | If I can get near Mum I must tell her that she should do a spot of witnessing to the woman across from her . |
| 7 | If the Headmaster walks in and there 's a bit of chaos I can tell him why it 's a mess and it does n't bother me . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course I 'll tell him . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I 'll tell her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Of course I 'll tell you . |
| 11 | ‘ Depends — I mean , if I knew I had a team coming of course I 'd tell her . |
| 12 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 13 | But er it 's so simple today when you realize the , the difference , how easy it is and but er that was an experience I can tell you . |
| 14 | ‘ Mo I 'll tell you something now . |
| 15 | Oh yes , as they were filming at the Lyceum last week they were , it were a good programme I can tell you |
| 16 | Two lovely lads I 'll tell you and that concert tonight going to be er absolute corker it 's at the Royal Concert Hall tonight in Nottingham . |
| 17 | ‘ Shift the cattle , work the horses , stick and ball , come back for lunch , an hour 's siesta , and you go out like a light I can tell you , then we play chukkas in the afternoon . |
| 18 | I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’ |
| 19 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 20 | They want the work I 'll tell you that . |
| 21 | From my experiences in the Occupied Countries I could tell she was starved . |
| 22 | And if this were any other place I 'd tell you to get the hell out of here and out of my life . ’ |
| 23 | There are a lot of people here in your position and we 've got to try and please everybody , which is n't an easy job in this place I can tell you . ’ |
| 24 | For a small fee I 'll tell you different . |
| 25 | Finally and in total conclusion I must tell you what happened when we took Adam to a specialist to find out if he had a particular familial complaint . |
| 26 | … by eck as like lad I 'll tell thee this . |
| 27 | Well I would n't imagine myself doing this tonight Donald I can tell you that |
| 28 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 29 | Now speaking to you , as chairman of the G M B parliamentary group I can tell you that we have met twice over the last few weeks on this issue of modernization and we are agreed on the need to avoid a damaging public row from which everybody yes including the unions , will lose . |
| 30 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |