Example sentences of "could tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could tell you a thing or two about the Countess of Warwick and letters from King Teddy . |
| 2 | ‘ And Mr Cameron — it might be convenient for you as well. t , ‘ If I could tell you … |
| 3 | Yes , and Isabel must know , must surely remember it , Isabel who had had such a well-developed , careful , private system for the storing , ordering , labelling , arrangement and organisation of things , whose books were in a certain line , so that she could tell you at once , and without ever having to get up , what sat next to what and where Lewis and Short or Cassell 's French-English would be found , were she to consent to your borrowing them because you had lost your own . |
| 4 | As any Boy Scout could tell you , this means : ‘ I expect a return . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I could tell you tales about that one which would make your hair curl , ’ Natasha whispered to Maggie in a conspiratorial tone , and winked . |
| 6 | ‘ If , at any time , sir — you would consider giving me — us — access to the correspondence — we could tell you what was there — what its significance to scholarship was — whether an edition might be possible . |
| 7 | I could tell you that he had white skin , black eyes , and black hair , but you can see that from the photograph . |
| 8 | I could tell you that the eyes were so beautiful they could actually make you feel giddy when he suddenly looked up from the floor and straight at you . |
| 9 | I could tell you about the money he has lent to people and never got back . |
| 10 | By their definition they had achieved three important end results : ( 1 ) the patient is allowed to define the nature of his feelings , ( 2 ) the doctor is relieved of the responsibility of finding tissue damage , ( 3 ) there is no conceivable way in which a baby or an animal could tell you that it was having an ‘ unpleasant sensory and emotional experience ’ . |
| 11 | Of course all this business must seem mysterious to you , and I only wish I could tell you … ’ |
| 12 | The things he could tell you about her would make your hair curl . |
| 13 | The nurse may be able to supply you with pants and pads , and could tell you if there is a laundry service or a collection service for disposable pads in your area . |
| 14 | I wish , like Arthur or King Stephen , I could tell you that I will return when the hour comes round again ; that , one day in the future , some public relations executive , some politician or health fascist , some snivelling egalitarian with dandruff in his eyebrows , some stunted corporatist with a filthy mind will go too far , and with a bright flash , a smell of freshly-oiled leather and the sound of a celestial whip cracking , I will once more be among you , eyes blazing , tongue wagging ten to the dozen , and in my bronzed and muscular arms a lovely cornucopia of drugs , women and vulgar abuse . |
| 15 | As any woman could tell you a change of clothes or hairstyle can instantly change the way people think about you . |
| 16 | ‘ I could tell you a few tales about yon place , ’ she remarked , jerking her head in the direction of Dudley House . |
| 17 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 18 | I could tell you about it , maybe you could advise me . |
| 19 | He — it was a man — could tell you what sort of a state she was in — oh lord , that sounds like something I do n't mean . |
| 20 | She looked after him and said , in a low voice , ‘ I wish I could tell you what it was like in the desert . |
| 21 | I am sure that an engineer could tell you of other differences between the punchcard and electronic machines too . |
| 22 | I could tell you lots about me orphanage days . |
| 23 | I could tell you something about the , if you 've got the |
| 24 | I wish I could tell you about the new brand names that have entered my life to take their place alongside Sony , Miyake , Commodore , Brother , Byblos , Hitachi and Nintendo — Mama and Papas , Baby Gap , Avanti , Ultra-Togs , Mama Toto , Mini/Man . |
| 25 | ‘ If you quit whining , Dave , I could tell you what I 've got in mind . ’ |
| 26 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 27 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 28 | It 's not as if I could tell you much , anyway , seeing I never met her . ’ |
| 29 | I could tell you a lot about resort children . |
| 30 | ‘ He is n't so bad , you know , I could tell you something about him — ’ |