Example sentences of "you could tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 2 | You could tell that the real reason people came into the shop was to hang out . |
| 3 | You could tell by his Scottish accent and his tie . |
| 4 | You could tell because he was looking all round , nervous . |
| 5 | It liked it , you could tell . |
| 6 | In real life she went round clubs measuring men 's dicks to see if you could tell which club a man frequented by the size of his dick . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You could tell that ? |
| 8 | You could tell a Tory just by looking at him . |
| 9 | You could tell it just by looking at his flabby features . |
| 10 | You could tell something was badly wrong by the way the woman 's smile twisted and her body sagged . |
| 11 | I wonder if you could tell me who could supply parts for the output differential to the second rear axle . |
| 12 | You could tell whether a horse 's misbehaviour was due to fear or plain stubbornness . |
| 13 | He wanted more Chicken Thallium , you could tell . |
| 14 | But whatever the reason , whether it was that everyone had been so busy reassuring everyone that no one had bothered to talk to the crematorium , whether they had got the time wrong , or whether the vicar had simply had a brainstorm , he now , you could tell , was dimly aware that he had not given an exemplary performance . |
| 15 | Her father had once said when discussing classes , if they were all naked you could tell the county man from the commoner because of his commanding tone or his easy insolence . |
| 16 | ‘ You … you could tell him that I … |
| 17 | You could tell she was n't too happy about seeing her replaced by that baggage . |
| 18 | In each gear you could tell the carburettors were better balanced after 12,000 miles as the slower increments always favoured the later set of figures . |
| 19 | You could tell right away he did n't want to know . |
| 20 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 21 | You could tell how a party was going by the number of items of Jo-Jo 's clothing scattered about the dance floor . |
| 22 | I would be grateful if you could tell me what concentrates to use and how much . |
| 23 | You could tell he was a preacher . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you think you could tell me about him ? |
| 25 | Q I am building my fish pond and I would be grateful if you could tell me if it 's possible to keep Koi without pumps and filters . |
| 26 | You could tell a St Andrews ' native , he said , because he does n't bother replacing these thin wafers of turf . |
| 27 | I would be grateful if you could tell me anything about the guitar . |
| 28 | ‘ Eventually , just from listening to albums you could tell what tunings they were using , because a lot of them were n't using a regular tuning , most of them would tune to a particular chord . |
| 29 | Not that you could tell who was who . |
| 30 | ‘ Well for a start , madam , you could tell the captain . |