Example sentences of "might tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I might tell you I persuaded her to cut down the list Buckmaster had drawn up of people to be informed . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I might tell you that Uncle follows a pattern that was forced upon him . |
| 4 | The patient might tell you |
| 5 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 6 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 7 | Erm or they might tell you the angle . |
| 8 | A a And what I I might tell you , I 've never been sea sick only once , and that was after I think eating pork pies . |
| 9 | And I wished then I 'd been on the farm , I might tell you ! |
| 10 | The estate agent might tell you what the seller will accept , but you can make a lower offer . |
| 11 | In another way , which I might tell you of shortly , it has made me damnably unhappy . |
| 12 | It avoids the pitfalls of other so-called green guides which might tell you which lead-free BMW to buy but which neglect to deliver the most essential message of all about consuming less . |
| 13 | I drink everything I earn , which does n't make me much of a drunk I might tell you . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not a traitor , whatever any fool might tell you . |
| 15 | ‘ I know why you 're here and I might tell you I 've had one hell of an afternoon . ’ |
| 16 | * Choose recent books first ( they might tell you what earlier books have said ) . |
| 17 | The editorial task , I might tell you , is half of one of your exam papers . |
| 18 | Look in the doctors ' book , it might tell you how long you have to suffer . |
| 19 | yeah , these might tell you but I always heard that salt was damp ! |
| 20 | I said put that finger down and I might tell you , I said do n't point at me David I do n't like being pointed at and Maureen nearly fell over , Maureen stood there , she nearly fell over |
| 21 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |