Example sentences of "i can tell the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But if the team was you and me , for a start , and Jazz is okay — he wants to do it , I can tell the way he looked , and he 's bright … well , we 're halfway there . ’ |
2 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
3 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
4 | My Icelandic only runs to ‘ coffee , please , ’ but I can tell the essence of his story from the colour of his face . |
5 | I can tell the difference between a sparrow and a swan and that 's about it . |
6 | Some of them use super P C K and some of them use Smart Drive and buggered if I can tell the difference . |
7 | ‘ I can tell the difference between red wires and black wires , you know , ’ said Dorcas mildly , prodding another wire . |
8 | The Home Secretary asked the Lord Chief Justice for his opinion and , said the Home Secretary , ‘ I can tell the House that he would be strongly opposed ’ to the proposal , on the ground that it was for Parliament , not the judges , to decide which types of murder should be met with death . |
9 | I can tell the House why the hon. and learned Gentleman is wrong . |
10 | I can tell the House exactly whom they will go to — they will still come to their Member of Parliament at Westminster . |
11 | I can tell the House something about the right hon. Gentleman : he opposed the deployment of the cruise missile , and of Trident — something that he now says he supports . |
12 | On the results of the competition , I can tell the House that the tenders produced a winner by a very clear margin . |