Example sentences of "could tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he could tell how he was , or where ? |
| 2 | I could tell because she was nibbling her fingernails and then trying not to . |
| 3 | ‘ I could tell you a thing or two about the Countess of Warwick and letters from King Teddy . |
| 4 | The hidden speech was coming , I could tell . |
| 5 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 6 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 7 | ‘ And Mr Cameron — it might be convenient for you as well. t , ‘ If I could tell you … |
| 8 | These occasions , so far as I could tell , brought neither of us any pleasure . |
| 9 | She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks . |
| 10 | He could tell my mind had wandered off . |
| 11 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I was outraged they thought they could tell a bookseller what to do . |
| 13 | Any artist I represent could tell me I am useless , but no one will ever be able to claim I stole from them , because I have never had the opportunity . |
| 14 | You could tell that the real reason people came into the shop was to hang out . |
| 15 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
| 16 | I could tell he was keen from the fact that he did n't mention it again for a couple of years . |
| 17 | He was only visiting earth like , so he could tell people about God and that . |
| 18 | You could tell by his Scottish accent and his tie . |
| 19 | Ministers however were not at fault because ‘ nobody could tell that the stock market would go up 150 points since we priced the shares . |
| 20 | He could tell of earning half a crown a week and leading the horse pulling the Putney clubs ' boats home from Henley , and of the visit of Harvard to race Cambridge at Putney in 1906 . |
| 21 | ‘ No one could tell who she was , surely ? ’ |
| 22 | The figure of 165,000 could be taken as the basis for further negotiation , because no one could tell how regular recruiting would go . |
| 23 | She could tell that he was relaxed and happy . |
| 24 | You could tell because he was looking all round , nervous . |
| 25 | He could tell that several of his students at Kent fancied him . |
| 26 | He could tell his wife afterwards that another woman had been in there . |
| 27 | Tug could tell that she was desperately in earnest by the way she opened her eyes wide and by the little sudden lift of her eyebrows . |
| 28 | He could tell , from the way she had hesitated and from the smile she had given . |
| 29 | He could tell that from his pulse-beat , which was only fifty-four when he was lying like this , on the bed , and from the hardness of his biceps when he bent his arm . |
| 30 | He imitated a shrill , foolish voice and Tug could tell that it was a good imitation because the girl next to him looked up sharply . |