Example sentences of "i [modal v] tell you the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ) |
| 2 | ‘ Look , I 've promised I 'll tell ye the story of that family , and after dinner I will . |
| 3 | I 'll tell you the whole truth , ’ I answered the Princess . |
| 4 | ‘ Drink up , ’ said the darts club wit , ‘ and I 'll tell you the one about the girl who married the sailor . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll tell you the rest , ’ he said , ‘ tomorrow night ! ’ |
| 6 | At his peak , three years ago , Mr Deaves was reported as saying : ‘ If you go bankrupt tomorrow , I 'll tell you the upside . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you the crunch point of it all . |
| 8 | I 'll tell you the details later … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll tell you the whole horror story . |
| 10 | And I 'll tell you the only reason I took the baby home was because Martin wanted her . |
| 11 | But I 'll tell you the name that is used , or was used afterwards , but I do n't know if that name is still used I certainly have n't seen it in a text book in years ! |
| 12 | Now I 'll tell you the tell you the trick of what goes on here . |
| 13 | Three clues to a certain film , and I 'll tell you the answer in about half an hour 's time , just before four o'clock . |
| 14 | I 'll tell you the unkindest thing I know about him : he was caught being beastly to a woman at a party for no obvious reason . |
| 15 | I never expected them to , I 'll tell you the truth , but then again at that age you do n't think they ever will or it 'll ever happen to you do you ? |
| 16 | But I 'll tell you the whole story of his life , as much as I know , that is , and then you can judge for yourself . ’ |
| 17 | Over the last six weeks or so I 'll tell you the places I 've been and the people I 've seen in the National Health Service . |
| 18 | I 'll tell you the weather down south is just as bad . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ he said : ‘ I 'll tell you the sum total of why I 'm uneasy about it — and I tell you I realize it sounds pretty feeble . |
| 20 | I 'll tell you the reason why I did this . |
| 21 | Oh , I 'll tell you the truth some day but that 's another story . |
| 22 | I 'll tell you the dates of it . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll tell you the rest of the story anyway . |
| 24 | Listen if I had enough time I 'll tell you the joke of a life time mate , but I have n't got the time . |
| 25 | No , I 'll tell you the best one . |
| 26 | I 'll tell you the , some people take advantage of au pairs , no doubt about it . |
| 27 | Well it was , what happened right , I 'll tell you the whole story from the very beginning . |
| 28 | I 'll wait , I 'll tell you the story about the fire |
| 29 | I 'll tell you the reason why I like to record what we say , somebody came to our house Thursday , did I mention it to you on the phone ? |
| 30 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |