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Example sentences of "i [vb mod] tell " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself .
2	Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket .
3	For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water .
4	For I must tell you friendly in your ear ,
5	‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room .
6	Please , I 've found something , I must tell you .
7	I must tell Ma about the spider , she 'd like that . ’
8	I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta .
9	‘ I must tell someone .
10	All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station .
11	I must tell the doctor I am seriously ill . ’
12	Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled .
13	I must tell you , if you do n't already know from the newspapers , that he is cared for by a most responsive nurse who has been enabled by hormone therapy to breast feed him .
14	I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire .
15	‘ I must tell him , Heather Allenby 's coming over again .
16	I must tell you , though , that your son could , I am sure , have injured my father , but he did n't .
17	‘ I must tell you , this might mean surgery or some form of drugs … ’
18	My sister 's burnt her arm , but before you come and dress it , I must tell you that we 're frightfully hard up .
19	‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable .
20	However , I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene .
21	( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy .
22	Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently .
23	I must tell Philippa that I was joking .
24	‘ As an astrologer , I must tell you there is a conjunction in Uranus . ’
25	But now that you are reaching voting age and puberty , and will inevitably soon experience the same condition , I must tell you that my penis is fluorescent green and that I have five foreskins .
26	If I can get near Mum I must tell her that she should do a spot of witnessing to the woman across from her .
27	‘ Good , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ then you will understand why I am giving you one hundred lines which will say ‘ I must tell the truth at all times . ’ ‘
28	But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner .
29	I must tell you that the road from here is broken . ’
30	I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ .