Example sentences of "[pers pn] i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you .
2 That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you .
3 Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that .
4 Well I I 'll tell him when you 're on nights and not to phone John and I 'll go and phone him like yesterday .
5 I I 'll tell you I will be I will be popular daddy when I get home .
6 Yes Ellen what can I do I I 'll tell you .
7 The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them .
8 Right I can I I can tell you .
9 So I I when I know more about the exam I 'll tell I I will tell you what 's in it .
10 And if he asks me if I 've seen you I 'll tell him as fast as I can .
11 I assure you I 'll tell her , but I do n't want to humiliate her . ’
12 So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out .
13 Well I went and worked in a factory for about nine months I suppose , and the man himself , cos it was casting , brass castings , the man himself says , he says look son , this job 's no good to you I 'll tell you that .
14 I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what w we you give the the the address to someone o off air because people wo n't have pen and paper now and then if any
15 I 'll clear my desk anything I 've got for you I 'll tell you privately .
16 Mind you I 'll tell you
17 Toby Toby you I 'll tell you what if you want daddy to really want his pudding .
18 If I were you I 'd tell them if they do n't like it , lump it .
19 This this is first of all can we I should tell you that the planning permission for this is passed .
20 When you 've got up next morni And then we I can tell you another thing , and very few people know about it , especially I bet you do n't know wha what they called beastlings , do you ?
21 I told her I 'd tell you today . ’
22 It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit .
23 You 'll enjoy it I 'll tell you .
24 It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you .
25 Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old .
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