Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell something is wrong and that you 're dying to spoil things for me . |
| 2 | I can tell what 's going to happen before it happens . |
| 3 | ‘ All the other variations require a horizontal position , and I can tell we 're not quite ready for that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can tell we 're in Wales . |
| 5 | He said , ‘ I can tell you 're thinking about something . ’ |
| 6 | I can tell you 're a serious person |
| 7 | Well , you ca n't tell that I 'm Irish but I can tell you 're Irish . |
| 8 | As for Wolfgang 's opera all I can tell you is that , to put it shortly , the whole hell of musicians has arisen to prevent the display of a child 's ability . |
| 9 | ‘ We talked about football but all he wanted to talk about was sex , ’ she said , before adding , ‘ I hear he 's not been scoring many goals recently and that 's why he left Arsenal , but all I can tell you is he certainly scored a hat-trick with me that night . ’ |
| 10 | This I can tell you is a great relief . |
| 11 | Erm sir what I can tell you is this . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you 've lost hope , and the only thing I can tell you is that if you hang on hope will come back , and you must n't do anything until it does . ’ |
| 13 | All I can tell you is that much will change , rapidly and dramatically , and that once you get over the shock you 'll discover everything has worked out for the better . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll arrange a press briefing as soon as I have a base and something to say ; meanwhile , all I can tell you is that early this morning Matthew Glynn , the bookseller , was found dead in his office in circumstances suggesting foul play . ’ |
| 15 | All I can tell you is that someone seems to want to harm you . |
| 16 | All I can tell you is that Amy was in St Benet Oldfield on Friday night . ’ |
| 17 | All I can tell you is that , yak 's milk pessaries , herb pillows , special inhalants and all , I read a big thick book about the American Indian Movement , while ‘ Im Indoors makes noises like an elephant in rut . |
| 18 | The only good news I can tell you is that I would very much like to have the opportunity . |
| 19 | All I can tell you is that Winsor blue is one of the trade names for an intense blue pigment , copper phthalocyanine , which came into the palette sometime in the thirties . |
| 20 | What I can tell you is that will provide the ultimate in backup for any self employed person that you cou I could ever wish to meet . |
| 21 | The I ca n't remember the exact date but what I can tell you is those of you that take the Newark Advertiser and the exact dates are in today 's Newark Advertiser . |
| 22 | But as I say , and then er , the other one which I can tell you was , which is absolute disaster ! |
| 23 | I can tell I 'm not gon na like this |
| 24 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 25 | I can tell he 's quite taken with you , for some reason . ’ |
| 26 | " I 'm a judge of quality , I can tell it 's not as thick . |
| 27 | The fact is that every other gentleman there I can tell it 's a hairpiece , yours I could n't . |
| 28 | Finally taking a look at the traffic on Nottingham 's roads as far as I can tell it 's all moving fairly steadily . |
| 29 | As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’ |
| 30 | This did , however , enable me to test Mr Getty 's hospitality to the full during the latter part of the day , and I can confirm it is as fulsome as previous Press reports have indicated . |