Example sentences of "[coord] you could tell " in BNC.

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1 And you knew what they were thinking , they were trying to weigh up whether they dare go across the stepping stones and you could tell by their faces and what they did of course when they decided no it was beyond them and they 'd play safe and they 'd go back the same way .
2 unwound himself and you could tell his two years , what it had done for him .
3 The visitor was wearing a suit , but you could tell he was n't in the City as it was single-breasted .
4 They did not ever smile — but you could tell that when their empty eyes opened they were alive .
5 And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go
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