Example sentences of "[conj] i can 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 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 ‘ Anything that I can tell you , Inspector , I will , but my acquaintanceship with Mrs Iverson in the event was brief . ’
4 The most revealing anecdote that I can tell you about that is from Coventry .
5 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 .
6 and there not all so heavy as , as that I can tell you that
7 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 .
8 I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with .
9 I 'd be most obliged if you 'd open your door so I can tell you what this is about . ’
10 I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’
11 So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for .
12 And I can tell you why .
13 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 . ’
14 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 . ’
15 ‘ 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 . ’
16 He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today .
17 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 . ’
18 I 'm learning new things every day here , Donald , and I can tell you it 's an extraordinary place .
19 And I can tell you what your choice will be , too ; it 'll be the chocolate . ’
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 We 'll find out on Sunday — and I can tell you he 's looking forward to it . ’
24 And I can tell you this .
25 ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club .
26 I 've had three goes at it , and I can tell you that looks are the last thing to be considered ; it 's what 's underneath that matters in the long run .
27 And I can tell you something , I do n't want to talk about them all the time .
28 And I can tell you something ’ — he bent towards her — ‘ their husbands have been warned to gag them , or else .
29 And I can tell you this .
30 ‘ Well , ma'am , ’ the hotel-owner told me , ‘ I was one of Mr Rochester 's servants at the time , and I can tell you it was his mad wife who started the fire in the governess 's room .
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