Example sentences of "[adj] to tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it this , is it that , is it the next thing until they 're prepared to tell you what it is , that 's the way you ask them , cos they 'll no volunteer what it is , cos what you 're looking for is a final objection for them , right now you say oh that 's a load of rubbish that does nay what , but how can you sit and study that and you learn how to use it customers , right , on the objection which is the hardest objection for any sales person to deal with , you know yourself |
| 2 | I really do n't feel free to tell you about this , but it seems to have been both deeply deranging and profoundly helpful . |
| 3 | ‘ Does that mean I 'm free to tell you what I think and want when we are alone ? ’ |
| 4 | Kathleen 's got something really , really exciting to tell you |
| 5 | If it were purely up to me , I might well feel disposed to tell you everything you wanted to know . ’ |
| 6 | Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on . |
| 7 | Beware of the therapist who is so anxious to preserve the myth of ‘ special power ’ that he is not willing to tell you everything you wish to know . |
| 8 | Those chaps in helmets who 're always willing to tell you what the time is . ’ |
| 9 | It is a case which , I am afraid to tell you , has its own beginning and middle and — alas — an end too . ’ |
| 10 | Some years ago a man named John Powell wrote a book entitled Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am ? |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid to tell you who I am , because if I tell you who I am you may not like who I am and it is all that I have . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm afraid to tell you . |
| 13 | I am delighted to tell you that the SPRINGBOKS will , after all , be at Twickenham in November . |
| 14 | I would be delighted to tell you more about our work and to work with you on issues of common concern . |
| 15 | As I say , you owe me something , and if you 're determined to go on pretending you do n't know that , I 'll be delighted to tell you what it is some time soon , but not right now . |
| 16 | The standing orders committee is made up as follows Birmingham region , John Lancashire region , Noel Liverpool , Les , London John , Midland Paddy , Northern Jerry G M B Scotland John Southern Peter , South Western Keith , Yorkshire Kevin and I am delighted to tell you that the standing orders committee have elected as chairman this year , John . |
| 17 | She says it 's a full cream and I 'm delighted to tell you it 's a frilly bloomer . |
| 18 | was delighted to tell you that we have already received our first nomination for this position in 1992. has been nominated and seconded and , as she is not a current elected member of the Executive Committee , it has been decided to invite her to the remaining Executive meetings as an observer so that she gets used to how the Society functions . |
| 19 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 20 | Yeah , it gives you something nice and easy to tell you about , cos we 've all got we all roughly know what sort of cover we 've got . |
| 21 | There is so much to tell you but I will try and share some of the things for which I would appreciate your prayers . |
| 22 | ‘ Too much to tell you , dear boy , ’ said Elinor gaily . |
| 23 | They 're , they 're , they 're six to tell you you have six quavers in a bar . |
| 24 | Which is why I am glad to tell you that most of the Club Trips include food and the odd bottle of vino , as well as great entertainment . |
| 25 | ‘ I am glad to tell you , ’ said Napoleone Lomellini , ‘ that it is the Bastard 's intention to lift the siege of Famagusta . |
| 26 | ‘ No , Shelley , and I 'm glad to tell you their removal was nothing at all to do with you . |
| 27 | I 'm not supposed to tell ya . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not supposed to tell you . |
| 29 | A prospectus is a sort of handbook which is supposed to tell you and your parents everything that you need to know about surviving at your school . |
| 30 | I say ‘ supposed to tell you ’ , because there are always important bits of information missed out of the school prospectus , for example , they never tell you that , |