Example sentences of "[modal v] tell [pers pn] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
2 | As your needs change and you grow , your inner teacher may tell you that some points need changing on your tape . |
3 | " I would be grateful if you would tell her that this house also belongs to me . |
4 | They would tell us that such comparisons are all hot air . |
5 | His career with us ended abruptly when he incurred a nasty knee injury in the game at Watford in the last day of 1938 and was unable to play again that season , so that there are still fans at Selhurst Park who will tell you that that loss cost Palace the single promotion place to Division |
6 | And I will tell you that some time next week what was the scope of it is . |
7 | Or you may return to where you bought an item and the assistant ( who served you last time ) will tell you that this shop has never stocked whatever it is . |
8 | Any journalist will tell you that British rugby union players , with two or three beguiling exceptions , are hardest to get anything out of worth printing . |
9 | Any journalist will tell you that British rugby union players , with two or three beguiling exceptions , are hardest to get anything out of worth printing . |
10 | Thirdly I can tell him that eighty percent of prescribed items are now free of charge compared with sixty percent in nineteen seventy nine . |
11 | I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane |