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 . |