Example sentences of "i [vb mod] tell [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 3 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 4 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 5 | I 'll tell them a geezer is lying there , and he was killed by you . ’ |
| 6 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 7 | ‘ Look , I 've promised I 'll tell ye the story of that family , and after dinner I will . |
| 8 | The old tortoise addressed him : ‘ Hey , there , I 'll tell you a secret . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll tell you a Bible story meself In me own way . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll tell you a funny story about that ’ . |
| 11 | Wait till I 've cut it and we 're all sat down with a piece , and I 'll tell you a story . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll tell you a true story . |
| 13 | Well I 'll tell you a good story about that , to s , to let you see that it was a well beaten track . |
| 14 | I 'll tell you a story about erm erm a girl from , she was on service in with erm Sir John , Sir John and Lady . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll tell you a tale , ’ he said . |
| 16 | So I 'll tell you a story — a parable , perhaps — suitable for your life journey . ’ |
| 17 | I , Sir Roger Shallot , Lord of Burpham Manor in Guildford , Surrey , Commissioner of Array , Justice of the Peace , the holder of many awards and decorations , Member of the Privy Council ( believe me , that 's well named ) , Member of Parliament ( I 'll tell you a funny story about that soon ) . |
| 18 | Er , I 'll tell you a story and I 'll let you play a game . |
| 19 | Lord Mayor , I 'll tell you a small story . |
| 20 | There the prices and you 'll see that a full page is a thou well I 'll tell you a full page is a thousand pound but we have two premium slots which we charge more for . |
| 21 | Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll tell you a little secret , ’ he said softly . |
| 23 | And I thought to myself yes , I 'll tell you a story ! |
| 24 | I 'll tell you a story about a place I went |
| 25 | one day I 'll tell you a story . |
| 26 | I 'll tell you a lovely story when we had the Queen at the day before when we had had the dress rehearsal I 'd been out to erm London to pick erm up an old lady who 's now dead , who very seldom got out and was pretty well house-bound to come and see the rehearsal as a little Sunday treat |
| 27 | I 'll tell you a quick story , a quick anecdote about Kinsey . |
| 28 | Perhaps I can explain , and in order to explain I 'll tell you a story , a literary story . |
| 29 | I 'll tell you a number of and facts . |
| 30 | I 'll tell you the whole truth , ’ I answered the Princess . |