Example sentences of "let i tell " in BNC.
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1 | Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds . |
2 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
3 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
4 | ‘ Let me tell you , there 's no one better than Will Clark . |
5 | What you doing it for ? 'Cos let me tell you , the only people who are going to be interested in your bloody research are the authorities . |
6 | Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate . |
7 | To some degree we must all find the system best for ourselves , but let me tell you what I do . |
8 | Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water . |
9 | Now let me tell you all the news . ’ |
10 | I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived . |
11 | Let me tell you to what degree . |
12 | ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark . |
13 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
14 | We were , let me tell you , impressed . |
15 | And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . |
16 | But let me tell you , there 's one thing you can bet on about Rim . |
17 | M. Dupont said something briefly which I did not catch , then Mr Lewis said again : ‘ Let me tell you , sir , I was appalled . |
18 | I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed . |
19 | Well let me tell you that you 're the one that 's slipped up , not me . |
20 | Let me tell you briefly what happened . |
21 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
22 | Then her eyes sprang wide with the words : ‘ And let me tell you something , I 'm not spending any more nights on that bloody single mattress in there . |
23 | And let me tell you something finally , you ca n't hold a candle to my woman . |
24 | Well , let me tell you , I 'll be here when you do go , and God ! |
25 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
26 | And let me tell you , you pompous individual , that there are more wars to be fought than those with guns . |
27 | But listen , Bobbie , and let me tell you this : if you ever come to Victoria again without visiting me , you 'll never be a pall-bearer at my funeral ! ’ |
28 | Before some of you scoff at the obscurity of such a subject , let me tell you what the preacher meant ( or rather what I think the preacher meant ) by it . |
29 | ‘ But let me tell you — both of you , ’ darting a venomous look at Major Calder , ‘ that this is without doubt the most degrading and distasteful thing I 've ever been asked to do ! ’ |
30 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |