And, suppose you are allowed to tell what you 'saw with your eyes and heard with your ears'--you have no witness to prove that what you say is true.
But I don't know the least thing about your medicaments, and couldn't tell what any of them would heal or cure.
No, your honor, though it would not take long to tell what we had for supper.
The former related how Ben had gone to afternoon meetin' to tell what he knew of the conspiracy to clean out all the scabs in Flanders, and have trade run smooth.
I protested that every boy that made a disturbance was to me a special problem--and very difficult; and I can't tell what we do with unruly boys as a class.
How, then, can he tell what it is to be saved that hath not felt the burden of the wrath of God?
But, I say, if this word "saved" concludeth our deliverance from sin, how can he tell what it is to be saved that hath not in his conscience groaned under the burden of sin?
How, then, can he tell what it is to be saved that never was sensible of the sorrows of the one, nor distressed with the pains of the other?
Twere long to tell what cause I have To know his face, that met me there, Called by his hatred from the grave, To cumber upper air; Dead or alive, good cause had he To be my mortal enemy.
But in another--how could he tell what might be happening while he was kept there, amid maddening delays and hesitations, looking over Dick Cavendish's papers?
She was so much bewildered that she could not tell whatto say.
It is so difficult to tell what anything is leading to, especially in such matters.
How can we tell what he wants, if he won't explain?
O, noble father, Indra, tell what realms I now draw near?
The only thing wanting now is that they get to fighting over the child, too, and then King Solomon himself can't tell what's right.
Others crowded around Dinmont, who was nothing both to tell what he knew of his friend, and to boast the honour which he had in contributing to the discovery.
He was old enough to tell what he had seen, and these ruthless scoundrels would not scruple committing a second Bethlehem massacre if they thought their interest required it.
There was a good deal of solace, however, in the fact that none of the Huns were getting back to tell what happened to them, so that this identical stunt was left open for use again.
At our first convoys, straggling and little schooled in looking after themselves, he used to take a chance as often as not, if he happened to sight them; but even then he rarely got back to tell what happened to him.
And now, after seven years, how could we tell what to expect, or how much to fear?
But of course you will understand that I tell what came to my knowledge afterwards.
It was on the Phantom's tongue to tell what he had seen, but for a reason not quite clear to himself he desisted.
I hadn't meant to tell what happened in the storeroom this morning; but since I was careless enough to leave my finger prints on the handcuffs, I might as well come out with it.
On the other hand, it was just possible Pinto would not tell what he had discovered.
From Dan the Dope he had nothing to fear, and Pinto, even if he were inclined to tell what he knew, would not be able to speak for some time.
I begin indeed to fear that I have undertaken an impossibility, undertaken to tell what I cannot tell because no speech at my command will fit the forms in my mind.
Thought cannot form itself to tell what I felt, thus received by the officers of heaven***.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tell what" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
