Example sentences of "[vb mod] tell [pron] how [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before I start to sound self-righteous , I should tell you how much I enjoy my involvement . |
| 2 | ‘ And perhaps you 'll tell me how much I owe for my board and lodging , ’ she added . |
| 3 | I expect they 'll tell you how many to take . |
| 4 | Give you an analysis of your client bank , it 'll tell you how many you 've seen this year , how many you 've seen in two years , three years , four years , and it frightens the senior associates who have got maybe eight hundred , a thousand clients , and it said , seen in the last four years , and it 's got twenty . |
| 5 | But it 'll tell you how many first appointments you 've had , how many fact finds you did , how many subsequent presentations , how many , how many sales you did in September ninety three , week , all the rest of it , and right at the bottom here it 's got the ratios , right , how many approaches to sales agreed . |
| 6 | I 'll tell you how much . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you how much it cost if you |
| 8 | It 'll tell you how much it 's worth , your activity . |
| 9 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 10 | I wondered if you could tell me how many nights he 'll be staying in Anguilla ? |
| 11 | But she would write and tell him how fine the flower-beds were and how across the road the sea rushed into the golden shore and she would tell him how much she missed him . |
| 12 | It would n't tell you how many swallows , it would tell you how many lots of six swallows would east that . |
| 13 | I hope that , when the Minister replies , he will tell me how that representation will be decided . |
| 14 | Perhaps the Minister will tell us how much of that programme , which the EC and the Council of Europe support , is supported by the Government . |
| 15 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 16 | So what I 'm saying is here is , again your ratios and anything on the computer , it will tell you how many appointments you need to make just from your ratios . |
| 17 | This will tell you how much ‘ dead money ’ is tied up in the three products . |
| 18 | If you look at any page , you 'll see the bottom part of the page will tell you how much life assurance he can get for every ten pounds he 's got to spend . |
| 19 | Some companies will tell you how much of the nutrients are contained in the whole tub ! |
| 20 | The finance approach is weak at assessing future cash flows , but says ‘ give me the cash estimates and I will tell you how that affects the shareholders ’ risk positions and hence the market value of the company' . |
| 21 | The women there will tell you how all those jobs are defined by low pay in many cases , by low status , by very little opportunity to move into the high grades . |
| 22 | Well we can tell him how much we 'd be charging them to . |
| 23 | ‘ You can tell them how much you love the work , ca n't you ? ’ |
| 24 | Is there no science that can tell us how these common evils of mankind can be avoided ? |