Example sentences of "she [vb mod] tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked calmly , almost — as far as she could tell in the light that poured from the house onto the terrace — amusedly at her . |
| 2 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 3 | There were no doors in the walls , but she could tell from the noise that the building she thought she had come out of was a pub . |
| 4 | She could tell by the tightening of his lips that he did n't take kindly to being given orders , but he could hardly back down now since he 'd been the one to insist they go to the office . |
| 5 | She could tell by the angle of the light that it would soon be sunset , and the prospect of being here in the dark appalled her . |
| 6 | She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them . |
| 7 | She could tell by the way he ground out his cigarette on the floor . |
| 8 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |