Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] the [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 2 | But er , because we were , see we , I always had a uphill struggle for many years , so that it was n't er , tell you the truth I did n't erm devote much time towards the children , it is their own effort really that er they did very well . |
| 3 | I think you 'll find that I have , tell you the truth I think you 'll find that I have |
| 4 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 5 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 6 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 8 | Upon being asked about this , one policeman explained , ‘ To tell you the truth I did n't notice much of a difference . |
| 9 | To tell you the truth I have n't thought that far ahead . ’ |
| 10 | I suppose this was partly to do with the heat — it is very hot here at present — but to tell you the truth I do n't remember very much about it . |
| 11 | Well to tell you the truth I was n't very keen , I er , I felt that we made a mistake |
| 12 | To tell you the truth I was a bit miffed when I found out , but now I 'm beginning to see it from their point of view . |
| 13 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 14 | To tell you the truth I even surprise myself . |
| 15 | In terms of prospecting , I usually do the training exhibition at the N E C every July , er , in eighty six , a man came onto my stand and we chatted for half an hour , he then said to tell you the truth I 'm not interested now , but I will be interested next May . |
| 16 | It were hundred and twen cos that to , to tell you the truth I was seriously thinking because ours we 've |
| 17 | To tell you the truth I 've never heard of it |
| 18 | Well to tell you the truth I did n't really see him cos it was dark when he got in the car . |