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 . ’ |