Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] tell you " in BNC.

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1 I am authorised to tell you that my Government is very happy that your treatment has been successful and we hope that as soon as your medical advisers deem you fit to travel , you will mike arrangements and leave . ’
2 I am grieved to tell you that we have done naught but break even .
3 I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late .
4 I am writing to tell you that I no longer believe in God or consider myself a Christian . ’
5 Because you are new in the Opera House , I am writing to tell you some important things .
6 Do you understand what I am trying to tell you , that I was filled with distaste for everything ?
7 ‘ Well , Mr McKillop , I am bound to tell you that I find this most strange because the Elsie I knew assured me she had no brothers or sisters . ’
8 ‘ I am off-duty , ’ said Sally-Anne awefully , ‘ and I am bound to tell you that although I am here I am not here in the sense of waiting on you . ’
9 First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth .
10 Nevertheless , I am going to tell you the truth .
11 ‘ First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . ’
12 However , I am going to tell you the names of the cards you are now thinking about .
13 To this he answered ‘ Daphne , I respect you very much , and I respect your husband very much , and because of this I am going to tell you the truth .
14 And so now I am going to tell you .
15 It is those two occasions I am going to tell you about .
16 I am going to tell you of two glimpses that have retained their clarity for me over the years while important and famous things have faded .
17 ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you . ’
18 ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you , ’ Arty said , with a touch of desperation in his voice .
19 ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you .
20 What I 'm trying to tell you about is this .
21 Well I 'm te , that 's what I 'm trying to tell you !
22 Well I 'm telling , that 's what I 'm trying to tell you .
23 ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you , ’ he shouted .
24 ‘ Look , Mr. Preston , I 'm trying to tell you this whole thing the way it happened .
25 All I 'm trying to tell you is how my account of how we tell the truth explains this fact , which apparently simpler accounts of how we tell the truth do n't do .
26 " What I 'm trying to tell you is , the man 's a crook .
27 I 'm trying to tell you duck .
28 That 's what I 'm trying to tell you .
29 And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks .
30 I 'm trying to tell you — well , ask you , to be accurate — to take someone to the cricket match next week . ’
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