Example sentences of "could tell me " 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 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 .
3 Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ .
4 I wonder if you could tell me who could supply parts for the output differential to the second rear axle .
5 I would be grateful if you could tell me what concentrates to use and how much .
6 ‘ Do you think you could tell me about him ?
7 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 .
8 I would be grateful if you could tell me anything about the guitar .
9 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
10 Perhaps she could tell me why I was bleeding .
11 No expert could tell me of a product to cure the problem .
12 ‘ You mean ’ , she said , ‘ that you could tell me what two times twenty-eight is ? ’
13 I wonder therefore if you could tell me which kind of camping stove would perform best in winter conditions ?
14 All Barbara could tell me when she rang this morning was that the police had found Paul 's body and that of a tramp , ’ he paused , ‘ with injuries to their throats . ’
15 Because nobody could tell me about sport , nobody could guide me , which is what I needed .
16 I am about to set up a mixed fish/invertebrate tank , and I would be very grateful if you could tell me more about Kalkwasser , which fishkeepers in the USA are using to dose their marine systems .
17 I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years .
18 If these are available , I 'd be grateful if you could tell me where to get hold of them , and how much they 'd cost ?
19 All he could tell me was that the team had no sponsor but I felt he was trying to put something together .
20 If only it could tell me how I am failing it .
21 Who else could tell me something else they 'd like to do if they could live for ever ?
22 Now have a look at the work now , hands up and see if you could tell me , just looking at your work , is there some way you could of improved it .
23 All the magic had died from it , and it was but a husk of itself ; for all my art , it could tell me only one thing — that no one could restore it to its place except a child not yet born , and born only for that task .
24 Well I 've sort of got a note to say who did what this week , so I could tell you what I 've done this week and then you could tell me what you 've done this week .
25 But the old woman fell back and died before she could tell me more . ’
26 I wondered if you could tell me how many nights he 'll be staying in Anguilla ?
27 I would be grateful if you could tell me where I can get hold of such posters .
28 It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself .
29 Perhaps you as a graduate in Social Sciences and a policeman could tell me ? ’
30 ‘ Somebody will be asking you questions more formally but perhaps you could tell me if you went out at all last evening ? ’
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