Example sentences of "can tell [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also carefully counts the local council votes in all the wards which affect his constituency to see what they can tell him about the likely outcome of the parliamentary election . |
| 2 | Well you 'd better get in , you can tell me on the way up . |
| 3 | Is there anything you can tell me about the two young women who died after they had been working in this house , Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Good , ’ she said , ‘ I want to know anything you can tell me about the problem with the business , daddy is honest and straight , he has a good name and what 's more , he knows how to choose good leather , so what can have gone wrong ? ’ |
| 5 | You can tell me about the Army after . |
| 6 | And you can tell me about the Pitts . ’ |
| 7 | And while we eat you can tell me about the jade . ’ |
| 8 | These whiskers are sensitive not only to touch but to taste , so the fish can tell what on the river bed in front of its mouth is worth eating and what is not . |
| 9 | ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’ |
| 10 | Residuals can tell us about the general level of variability of data over and above that accounted for by the fit ; we can judge atypical behaviour against this variability , as measured , for example , by the midspread of the residuals . |
| 11 | This , in turn , will cause us to address the broader issue of whether there is , in a more general sense , a genuine , causal association between insanity and at least some forms of creativity ; and , if that is so , what it can tell us about the underlying qualities of psychosis and of the creative process . |
| 12 | The Captain was saying to the Sub-lieutenant , ‘ I want to know everything she can tell us about the Maxwell girl , family , friends , habits , etcetera — everything . |
| 13 | The writer then explores what research can tell us about the impact of national policies on families , the impact of community attitudes , children 's experiences of divorce and step-families and some of the traumas children suffer in the course of family life , sometimes so great that they are driven to run away and then incur other serious problems for which inadequate provision is made in the community as a whole . |
| 14 | The role of finds in dating is looked at in the next chapter , but perhaps the most obvious way in which finds can tell us about the past is by providing evidence about ancient technology . |
| 15 | So far in this chapter we have considered what patterns of gaze and the distribution of pauses can tell us about the kind of units which might be involved in the planning of spontaneous speech . |
| 16 | These can help us in making assignments and can tell us about the vibrations of molecular ions . |
| 17 | Sue : Finally , is there any thing you can tell us about the Business Start Up Scheme and the TEC Challenge ? |
| 18 | I is there anything you can tell us about the additional costs of er er increased specifications , there have been some increases as well minor reductions . |
| 19 | Now that LIFESPAN knows about the media types and units it can use , you can tell it about the specific media items you have available for it . |
| 20 | Your doctor or the local Family Health Services Authority can tell you about the services available . |
| 21 | The TIC can tell you about the local brewers Tetleys ' Heritage Inns , including the 1,000-year-old Bingley Arms at Bardsey . |
| 22 | Your doctor or the local Family Health Services Authority can tell you about the services available |
| 23 | This is all I can tell you about the rapid modification process ; it has the effect of diminishing the prominence of events and combinations of events that normally occur together , giving prominence to new associations . |
| 24 | As one born a ‘ Cockney ’ I can tell you of the great Catholic priests who lived among the poor of the East End of London — and loved them into the Kingdom of God . |
| 25 | ‘ All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
| 27 | But it would be very interesting if er you had a positive er proposal or something constructive to make which we might be able to examine , but I can tell you at the end of the day money is required and this government wo n't allow to spend er , the money that er we have got er er erm at the moment that we could , er use but they wo n't let us . |