Example sentences of "i could [adv] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could honestly tell him that there had been improvements . |
| 2 | I thought then that , much as I longed to see him , it might be as well to start hoping he would n't come back until I could truthfully tell him there would be no baby . |
| 3 | I could just tell them to get there , be there , keep watch there , because he 's bound to be there , has to be there , there of all places . |
| 4 | " Yes , " she said finally , " I could probably tell you what to say . |
| 5 | Alone on a holiday and trying to come to terms with his grief , he reflects that ‘ the most cruel pain of all occurred at such moments , when I tried to face the still unacceptable fact that I could never tell her anything again . |
| 6 | ‘ I was the only one who really knew Nora — I could always tell what she was thinking . |
| 7 | I could always tell who was worth talking to and who was n't . |