Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 2 | Erm or they might tell you the angle . |
| 3 | No need to pretend otherwise , although I could tell you some stories … |
| 4 | I can not possibly explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes — although I can tell you they involved the use of a type of radio microscope , and considerable extremely complex computer work — the programming alone involved almost a year 's work . |
| 5 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 6 | You do you work that I 'll tell you what you work that I 'll work my own out . |
| 7 | Mrs Lyons thought for a moment , and then she said : ‘ I see that I must tell you . |
| 8 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 9 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 10 | In the meantime , someone had found that there was some sort of balm that we could rub on his bum before the event , but an echo that I will tell you and I will never ever forget , I can honestly say that having witnessed that ordeal and experienced the aftermath , and having seen the vicious weals on Buster 's backside , I have never ever stolen a thing of any value since . |
| 11 | But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job . |
| 12 | ‘ Anything that I can tell you , Inspector , I will , but my acquaintanceship with Mrs Iverson in the event was brief . ’ |
| 13 | The most revealing anecdote that I can tell you about that is from Coventry . |
| 14 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 15 | and there not all so heavy as , as that I can tell you that |
| 16 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 17 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not sure that I should tell you , but seeing that you are a policeman … |
| 19 | Not , ’ he added wryly , ‘ that I should tell you that . |
| 20 | ‘ None that I 'd tell you , ’ she said clearly , and he laughed , coming back to collect her . |
| 21 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
| 22 | ‘ I trust both of you , so I shall tell you . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're a big girl , now , Lyn , so I 'll tell you that you 're right . |
| 24 | But I think you 're probably doing something I 'd sympathize with , so I 'll tell you . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're well off the record now , so I 'll tell you something about Jack Scamp . ’ |
| 26 | I noticed Stuart has n't written up to say what he looks like , so I 'll tell you that he 's a cross between Paul Young and Griff Rhys-Jones . |
| 27 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
| 28 | I 'd be most obliged if you 'd open your door so I can tell you what this is about . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |