Example sentences of "[subord] i can tell [pron] " 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 If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here .
3 ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’
4 I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with .
5 I 'd be most obliged if you 'd open your door so I can tell you what this is about . ’
6 I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’
7 So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for .
8 ‘ If you ask me what you want to know I 'll see if I can tell you . ’
9 If I can tell you that some of the the erm what I would call direct sales people have said they think they can sell advertising and are now in another direction or still resting
10 I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ?
11 ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well .
12 As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’
13 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 .
14 That 's near as I can tell you about it now , it has a special name I know , but er , that 's it .
15 Erm as near as I can tell you , I could be about er er fourteen .
16 Finally taking a look at the traffic on Nottingham 's roads as far as I can tell it 's all moving fairly steadily .
17 ‘ Well , Sarah Byrne , you 've strengthened my faith in human nature , even though I can tell you do n't go to church . ’
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