Example sentences of "[modal v] tell you " in BNC.

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1 For I must tell you friendly in your ear ,
2 they must tell you at least 21 days before they plan to take maternity leave .
3 Please , I 've found something , I must tell you .
4 I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta .
5 All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station .
6 Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled .
7 I must tell you , if you do n't already know from the newspapers , that he is cared for by a most responsive nurse who has been enabled by hormone therapy to breast feed him .
8 I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire .
9 I must tell you , though , that your son could , I am sure , have injured my father , but he did n't .
10 ‘ I must tell you , this might mean surgery or some form of drugs … ’
11 The labels on most pre-packed food must tell you :
12 My sister 's burnt her arm , but before you come and dress it , I must tell you that we 're frightfully hard up .
13 ‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable .
14 However , I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene .
15 Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently .
16 ‘ As an astrologer , I must tell you there is a conjunction in Uranus . ’
17 But now that you are reaching voting age and puberty , and will inevitably soon experience the same condition , I must tell you that my penis is fluorescent green and that I have five foreskins .
18 I 'm afraid I did n't think the thing through , and must tell you , therefore , to expect me looking both younger and handsomer than you remember me .
19 But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner .
20 I must tell you that the road from here is broken . ’
21 I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ .
22 I must tell you of my latest accessory , an electronic wool winder .
23 ‘ I must tell you about our guardian angel .
24 ‘ I must tell you , Headmistress , ’ she said , ‘ that you are completely mistaken about Matilda putting a stink-bomb under your desk . ’
25 ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’
26 I must tell you that I see no advantage to them in this situation .
27 I 've something I must tell you , something I should have told you before .
28 ‘ May I come in , Chris , there 's something I must tell you , ’ she said brusquely .
29 At the moment I ca n't promise you anything , but I must tell you that Yury Vladimirovich Andropov is a remarkable man .
30 My father spoke Polish and Russian and my mother spoke French — we had French people there , so I must tell you , I was really lucky , I went through the war without seeing anything horrible — I saw nothing , nothing at all , because nothing happened up there . ’
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