Example sentences of "[conj] i can tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 4 | ‘ Anything that I can tell you , Inspector , I will , but my acquaintanceship with Mrs Iverson in the event was brief . ’ |
| 5 | The most revealing anecdote that I can tell you about that is from Coventry . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | and there not all so heavy as , as that I can tell you that |
| 8 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’ |
| 11 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
| 12 | I 'd be most obliged if you 'd open your door so I can tell you what this is about . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |
| 15 | ‘ All the other variations require a horizontal position , and I can tell we 're not quite ready for that . ’ |
| 16 | I hesitate to correct the hon. Gentleman 's pronunciation , but in my day I fought the constituency of Islwyn which is now represented by the Leader of the Opposition , and I can tell him that it is pronounced ’ Issloin ’ . |
| 17 | And I can tell you why . |
| 18 | The area organiser responded : ‘ It 's a local rule , and I can tell you now that the committee will reject your application unless you 're in a union . ’ |
| 19 | And I can tell you , buddy boy , that he 's Persona non grata with the US vehicle divisions after his comments about the future European trend toward smaller fuel economy vehicles at the EPC meeting . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Friends , ’ she continued turning her back on him , ‘ by a miracle the settlement has fallen into our hands and I can tell you that the late Lord Chatwin left everything to his son and heir . ’ |
| 21 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
| 22 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm learning new things every day here , Donald , and I can tell you it 's an extraordinary place . |
| 24 | ‘ And I can tell you what your choice will be , too ; it 'll be the chocolate . ’ |
| 25 | I go through a lot of open doors in Paris and meet a lot of different people , and I can tell you there is a swift , black current running underneath all that smiling diplomacy . |
| 26 | A man at the back of the crowd said , ‘ I was sitting in the dome car lounge when Xanthe came through , and I can tell you that no one had come the other way . |
| 27 | And I can tell you that there is something in Cave 's music , something black and unnameable , that 's becoming an increasingly rare commodity in modern rock . |
| 28 | We 'll find out on Sunday — and I can tell you he 's looking forward to it . ’ |
| 29 | And I can tell you this . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |