Example sentences of "[modal v] tell [pron] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't sure whether she should tell him the sordid details . |
| 2 | Lord Mayor , I 'll tell you a small story . |
| 3 | Well I 'll tell you a good story about that , to s , to let you see that it was a well beaten track . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you a lovely story when we had the Queen at the day before when we had had the dress rehearsal I 'd been out to erm London to pick erm up an old lady who 's now dead , who very seldom got out and was pretty well house-bound to come and see the rehearsal as a little Sunday treat |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll tell you a true story . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll tell you a little secret , ’ he said softly . |
| 7 | There the prices and you 'll see that a full page is a thou well I 'll tell you a full page is a thousand pound but we have two premium slots which we charge more for . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll tell you a funny story about that ’ . |
| 9 | I , Sir Roger Shallot , Lord of Burpham Manor in Guildford , Surrey , Commissioner of Array , Justice of the Peace , the holder of many awards and decorations , Member of the Privy Council ( believe me , that 's well named ) , Member of Parliament ( I 'll tell you a funny story about that soon ) . |
| 10 | I 'll tell you a quick story , a quick anecdote about Kinsey . |
| 11 | And I 'll tell you the only reason I took the baby home was because Martin wanted her . |
| 12 | I 'll tell you the unkindest thing I know about him : he was caught being beastly to a woman at a party for no obvious reason . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll tell you the whole horror story . |
| 14 | But I 'll tell you the whole story of his life , as much as I know , that is , and then you can judge for yourself . ’ |
| 15 | Well it was , what happened right , I 'll tell you the whole story from the very beginning . |
| 16 | I 'll tell you the whole truth , ’ I answered the Princess . |
| 17 | She 'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending , heartless , authoritarian attitude . |
| 18 | She 'd tell her every single thing , all he 'd said about Commander Abigail and all about the bath and the wedding-dress and what he was saying now , about witnessing the accident . |
| 19 | He says to her aye , he says , I could tell you a few things about Fiona that 'll make your hair curl . |
| 20 | ‘ I could tell you a few tales about yon place , ’ she remarked , jerking her head in the direction of Dudley House . |
| 21 | I well I could tell you the inside story of that but I 'm not going to but I will tell the outside , the public story . |
| 22 | Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills . |
| 23 | Every day at rehearsals , James would tell us the distinguished content of the previous night 's audience . |
| 24 | Any sailor would tell you a swift inrush of water to the mouth and nose makes you speedily lose consciousness . |
| 25 | That would tell you a few things . |
| 26 | Over supper you shall tell me the whole story , and we shall see what must be done now , to please her . ’ |
| 27 | The history and practice of press coverage of religion will tell us a great deal about the significance of the phenomenon of religion in contemporary social , political and cultural life , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Perhaps this afternoon he will tell us the Labour party 's attitude to this imaginative development . |
| 29 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 30 | A glance at the inscription around the front face of the lens will tell you the focal length and the maximum f , or aperture number . |