Example sentences of "i [be] to tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to tell you who they are . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm to tell you that dinner will be at eight , ’ Wendy passed the message cheerily . |
| 3 | Sandison leaned forward and said : ‘ Suppose I were to tell you I was a detective , come to hunt someone down ? ’ |
| 4 | If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration . |
| 5 | As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead . |
| 6 | But if I were to tell anyone … . |
| 7 | ‘ Gerald , ’ he began slowly , ‘ if there were something fishy , and I were to tell you , could I trust your discretion ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic . |
| 9 | With that she saw me off with an invitation to visit her the next day after school but that I was to tell my parents in case they were worried where I was . |
| 10 | ‘ Excuse me , sir , you said I was to tell you if anyone came snooping around the wagon while you were in the cafeteria , ’ the conductor said excitedly in Italian . |
| 11 | Anyhow , if I was to tell you all the ships I was in , you 'd want a sheet o' paper as long as this house . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You said I was to tell you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You said I was to tell you if I thought Oliver ought to go to another school . |
| 14 | If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies |
| 15 | Well , how would you feel if I was to tell you that within the policy it was possible that the sum could be paid , it might even be paid up before death . |
| 16 | You heard about the eh education secretary 's faux pas somebody from Jack section , he , he 's apparently he slipped up er , and said right and Jack said to him I was to tell the education authorities suggest that you do when the education er clerk turn to Mr and said you are just , streaming is when he put one child in the same group for all subjects , setting is when there in different groups according to their ability , so you could be a Maths set A or an English set B , awkward is n't it ? |