Example sentences of "[pron] can tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can tell you the precise date , if you like . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I can tell you the difference between invention and insight . ’ |
| 3 | I can tell you the number of ounces in each case , if you wish . ’ |
| 4 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
| 5 | I can tell you the serial number — maybe someone will come up with it — L12304 , with a dragon on the front , crudely carved during a drunken night with Christine ! |
| 6 | I can tell you the boys in blue are pleased you 've turned up . |
| 7 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 8 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 9 | I can tell you the rest of the story another time . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’ |
| 11 | They , I can tell you the , erm , official receiver comes under the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 12 | If you do stay away I can tell you the trainer will know where you can get a deal like that . |
| 13 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 14 | I mean as regards I agree with the woman when she was saying about she wanted to tell her husband about what happens when he comes home from work , but I think she wo n't need all those bulletins to tell him what 's happening , she can tell him the latest bulletin before he comes in the door , could n't she ? |
| 15 | She obviously thi thinks she can tell you the story , you know , and she says er I put on conditioner on my hair , and Sarah |
| 16 | Who can tell me the next number . |
| 17 | West Ham are one of the favourites to go straight up , but who can tell what the pressures of promotion will do to them in the final weeks . |
| 18 | I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs . |
| 19 | Studies on savants who can tell you the day of the week on which you were born found that they followed the rules of a calendar to work out the dates . |
| 20 | To think that there is someone out there , some guru , some wise man , who can tell you the purpose of life . ’ |
| 21 | If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Then you can tell me the truth about Ibn and Butler . ’ |
| 23 | You can tell me the things I need to know and I can go away . |
| 24 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 25 | You can tell me the day and the month ? |
| 26 | it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite |
| 27 | but you can tell what the bar man was thinking |
| 28 | ‘ You can tell them the police were n't coming for you or Miles . ’ |
| 29 | You can tell them the true way things stand . ’ |
| 30 | because you can tell them the price the size what |