Example sentences of "could tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside her Kim was struggling to hide his feelings , but Lan could tell from the paleness of his face that he was apprehensive and on edge . |
| 2 | I could tell from the amount of condensed milk which Duncan dripped into his Queen 's Jubilee china mug that he had a hangover . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He could tell by the tone of her voice that today she would be counting , and woe betide him if he failed to reach the kitchen before his allotted twenty seconds were used up . |
| 6 | I could tell by the tone of her voice : Mrs F could see it too . |
| 7 | All he could distinguish was the sound rather than the words , but he could tell by the tone of her voice that Senga was n't taking it in . |
| 8 | She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them . |
| 9 | The doughmen could tell by the feel of the dough , and by the sound that it made during mixing , if it was too dry or too wet , and add small amounts of required ingredients to compensate . |
| 10 | He could tell by the quality of patience in her sigh as she began to lick the sweat from his shoulder-blades . |
| 11 | I could tell by the quality of her alarm , which was actressy and overdone . |
| 12 | 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 . |