Example sentences of "[verb] i tell [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ How can you make me tell you something I do n't know ? ’
2 Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ?
3 Now look , now , now just let me tell her this
4 just let me tell her this is
5 There 's , no let me tell her .
6 Let me tell him about the previous 12 months ' statistics which show a decrease in salmonella food poisoning and that the Food Safety Act 1990 is working .
7 Let me tell them myself , in my own time .
8 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
9 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
10 Nasty that complaint can be , let me tell yer .
11 We used ter fight over work , an' there 's still a scramble at times , let me tell yer .
12 ‘ There 's bin times when I was tempted , let me tell yer , ’ he said .
13 But let me tell it all in the right order .
14 Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds .
15 For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so .
16 I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong .
17 Let me tell you , there 's no one better than Will Clark .
18 What you doing it for ? 'Cos let me tell you , the only people who are going to be interested in your bloody research are the authorities .
19 Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate .
20 To some degree we must all find the system best for ourselves , but let me tell you what I do .
21 Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water .
22 Now let me tell you all the news . ’
23 I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived .
24 Let me tell you to what degree .
25 ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark .
26 ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments .
27 We were , let me tell you , impressed .
28 And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation .
29 But let me tell you , there 's one thing you can bet on about Rim .
30 M. Dupont said something briefly which I did not catch , then Mr Lewis said again : ‘ Let me tell you , sir , I was appalled .
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