Example sentences of "you [modal v] tell [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
| 2 | You may tell Lady Amelia where we are going for our walk and that we will return shortly . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have brought you here , Miss Kyte , ’ resumed Miss Merchiston in what was for her a pleasant tone , ‘ that you may tell Mr Quatt of what passed between yourself and my dear mother . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think you ought to tell Morton I 've taken you into my confidence . |
| 5 | ( You must tell Nina . ) |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think you should tell Foucard about Tim , even if you 're sure yourself that he was with Sabine Jourdain . |
| 7 | ‘ And you might tell Charley : the police will be over his place , too . |
| 8 | That 's when you could tell Henry Mendez was Mexican . |
| 9 | ‘ Gran , ’ she said , ‘ what was the story you used to tell Adam about our mother ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you would tell Mr Maxwell that you will translate my questions for him and that he may speak directly to me in English . |
| 11 | Ignoring her comment as if she had n't spoken , Naylor Massingham continued , ‘ From there you will tell Travis that , having met me , you ca n't help but be interested in me . ’ |
| 12 | Major is a puppet for Mrs Thatcher and very bland , and you can tell Ashdown has been in the army . ’ |
| 13 | I showed it Tom next door , I says er , it , I says , he came and had a drink and to , and to see Evelyn and I says look you can tell Oliand and Dog Tongue |
| 14 | tell you roughly what I want you to do and you can make a few notes and then you can tell Kelly . |
| 15 | And you can tell Chris that 's what your brother thinks . ’ |
| 16 | You can tell Alfred about Heather Allenby . ’ |
| 17 | Of course there has been inflation in the economy , but even so you can tell Wilko is a Yorkshireman . |
| 18 | He still looked a bit dubious and David said , ‘ One thing you can tell Len , something I forgot , was that I made enquiries today about his parrot and it appears that if he does go to Conway House he 'll be able to take the parrot with him . |
| 19 | We 'd love you to , and you can tell Megan all about her wretched broch . |
| 20 | or if you can tell Barry when you 're coming I 'll be definitely in there to see you , how 's that ? |
| 21 | You can tell Brian that yo |
| 22 | What you can tell Brian |