Example sentences of "[conj] i can tell you [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I can not possibly explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes — although I can tell you they involved the use of a type of radio microscope , and considerable extremely complex computer work — the programming alone involved almost a year 's work . |
2 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
3 | We 'll find out on Sunday — and I can tell you he 's looking forward to it . ’ |
4 | And I can tell you he he does an an awful lot . |
5 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |
6 | I 'm learning new things every day here , Donald , and I can tell you it 's an extraordinary place . |
7 | ‘ Well , ma'am , ’ the hotel-owner told me , ‘ I was one of Mr Rochester 's servants at the time , and I can tell you it was his mad wife who started the fire in the governess 's room . |
8 | I 've had that , and I can tell you it is always a hundred times better outside . |
9 | You do not know Italian men yet , my dear , but I can tell you they are all — without exception — unbearably vain . |
10 | But I can tell you you 're wasting your efforts looking for Martin Bormann in South America . |
11 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
12 | But I can tell you it gave them all a good laugh in casualty when they discovered what had happened . ’ |
13 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |
14 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |