Example sentences of "may tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey Moorhouse uses Bury as his pivot : he explores it fact by fact , family by family ; this little town in the moors bore a hideous amount of the slaughter in the Dardanelles , no matter what your Australian neighbour may tell you as he leans on the bar and his legend . |
| 2 | The writing on a carton of orange juice may tell you that it contains a certain amount of vitamin C — but did you know that the vitamin C content starts to decrease from the moment the carton is opened ? |
| 3 | As your needs change and you grow , your inner teacher may tell you that some points need changing on your tape . |
| 4 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 5 | The conductor or a friendly passenger may tell you where to alight . |
| 6 | Participating in a benchmarking exercise may tell you that your performance in a particular area needs to improve , but unless you also find out how it is that other companies are beating your performance , you may not feel much the wiser . |
| 7 | It 's very odd , but I find Margaret Thatcher enormously attractive — this may tell you much more about me than I really want you to know . |
| 8 | Sometimes you can be exhilarated , believing that the painting is a masterpiece or , alternatively , a look in the mirror may tell you that it is just a jumble and the eye does n't focus anywhere . |
| 9 | It may tell you that your batteries are good , but it does n't say how long they will remain so ! |
| 10 | I do n't know , but he may tell you more than I can . |
| 11 | Obviously this may tell you more about me than about the works themselves . |
| 12 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 13 | 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 . |