Example sentences of "[pers pn] can tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I can tell you the precise date , if you like . |
2 | ‘ Then I can tell you the difference between invention and insight . ’ |
3 | I can tell you the number of ounces in each case , if you wish . ’ |
4 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
5 | I can tell you the serial number — maybe someone will come up with it — L12304 , with a dragon on the front , crudely carved during a drunken night with Christine ! |
6 | I can tell you the boys in blue are pleased you 've turned up . |
7 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
8 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
9 | I can tell you the rest of the story another time . |
10 | ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’ |
11 | They , I can tell you the , erm , official receiver comes under the Department of Trade and Industry . |
12 | If you do stay away I can tell you the trainer will know where you can get a deal like that . |
13 | I mean as regards I agree with the woman when she was saying about she wanted to tell her husband about what happens when he comes home from work , but I think she wo n't need all those bulletins to tell him what 's happening , she can tell him the latest bulletin before he comes in the door , could n't she ? |
14 | She obviously thi thinks she can tell you the story , you know , and she says er I put on conditioner on my hair , and Sarah |
15 | If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’ |
16 | ‘ Then you can tell me the truth about Ibn and Butler . ’ |
17 | You can tell me the things I need to know and I can go away . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | You can tell me the day and the month ? |
20 | it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite |
21 | but you can tell what the bar man was thinking |
22 | ‘ You can tell them the police were n't coming for you or Miles . ’ |
23 | You can tell them the true way things stand . ’ |
24 | because you can tell them the price the size what |
25 | If you can tell him the whole town pays for itself , that 's far more impressive than — ’ |
26 | If we can tell what the animals are about to do next , then surely so can their opponents . |
27 | Hello ! readers with knobs on , they can tell you the length of Emperor Hirohito 's reign down to the second . |
28 | If you are in arrears they can tell you the best way of tackling the problem as well as helping to work out your budget . |
29 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |
30 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |