Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think I 'll tell you not to count on your fingers ? |
| 2 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't really think I can tell you — it 's so private , you see . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I should tell you that . ’ |
| 5 | And I do n't think I could tell you how he got his nickname . |
| 6 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 7 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 8 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 9 | But Aunt Maureen thinks I should tell him straight away . ’ |
| 10 | Well I er I I do n't know I could tell you a lot if I could just bring it to mind . |
| 11 | Well it 's all happening I 'll tell her . |
| 12 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 13 | I expect she 'll tell me all about the new job then . |
| 14 | But I expect you 'll tell me one of these days . ’ |
| 15 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 16 | In the days to come she would tell me the story , she would teach me many things . |
| 17 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 18 | And if you listen I 'll tell you why . |
| 19 | If they listen they 'll love you if you listen I 'll tell you because you 'll do it . |
| 20 | And when it 's done I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 21 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 22 | She went up with little lad and he were watching it and he says I would n't mind this , well Arthur says I 'd al he 'd already taped it off telly and so he says I 'll tell you what you can have it if you give me a blank |
| 23 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 24 | Mr Dawlish says I should tell you that the Pike brothers are both Latvians but hold British passports . |
| 25 | I did n't feel I could tell her on my own . |
| 26 | Ann says someone will tell us when she comes back , some are with the church cos I know there is a service on today and them ones downstairs from but Ann says they 're going away just later on so there 's no point in going down , mm , now is there ? |
| 27 | Deane seems to have to problem of going to collect the ball on the wings and as a result he 's never in the centre when the ball comes across — I hope someone will tell him that centre forwards are supposed to hang around near the goal . |
| 28 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 29 | He was out , but his mother says she 'll tell him , and that he will shut the hens up for me when I have to go out to visit my friend . |
| 30 | They 'd decided they could tell me , they could trust me . |