Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell them they will never , ever return to Barnet while I am chairman if they are captured . ’ |
| 2 | I can tell them you 're experienced . ’ |
| 3 | I can tell what they are walking on , maybe ; perhaps whether they are going upstairs or downstairs . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You do not know Italian men yet , my dear , but I can tell you they are all — without exception — unbearably vain . |
| 7 | I can tell you we 're in for a smashin' night tonight at the Gronky Josstick pub here in lovely Ludlow . |
| 8 | Well , I can tell you she had an extraordinarily accurate knowledge of every one of the recipients . |
| 9 | I 'm learning new things every day here , Donald , and I can tell you it 's an extraordinary place . |
| 10 | Well , I can tell you it 's a product , a thermoplastic fibre which is strong and flexible , and which , when combined with high modules graphite , provides a very strong frame with tremendous vibration dampening properties , resulting , according to Pro Kennex , in a very comfortable racket . |
| 11 | ‘ But in my case , I can tell you it was quite different . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | I 've had that , and I can tell you it is always a hundred times better outside . |
| 14 | I can tell you it 's all expenses paid , it 's a fabulous trip , and er , we 'll tell you how perhaps , you can be on that plane to Sydney with us , later in the programme . |
| 15 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |
| 16 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |
| 17 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 18 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 19 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
| 20 | I can tell you I was feeling very sorry for myself ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |
| 22 | That way you can tell me you 're all right , I can tell you I 'm all right , and who knows : it might make the son of a bitch edgy . ’ |
| 23 | ROS : Well I can tell you I 'm sick to death of it . |
| 24 | Well I can tell you I went to Cambridge er on er the twenty eighth of December nineteen thirty one . |
| 25 | I can tell you I 've no intention of letting her slip away from me , and I 'll bet my bottom dollar she 's not going , either . |
| 26 | I can tell you I 've seen the video . |
| 27 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
| 28 | If somebody was interviewed by him and had a bad time , I can tell you I had a bad time , well to me it was a bad time , when I with him and he saw he spoke with me . |
| 29 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |
| 30 | I , I can tell you I , I 've done it , you know . |