Example sentences of "[pron] [be] tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 2 | I 'm telling you as a fact that I 'm the only person in this industry who 's done it . |
| 3 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |
| 4 | I 'm telling you for a fact that Steven wo n't touch you . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Harvey . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Liz , get up and let's go home . |
| 7 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 8 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 9 | Er I were telling you about the pianos , in one particular terrace you could just imagine it in , what , nineteen er twenty si no , twenty seven twenty eight , and you know things were bad , you talk about the thirties , the twenties were worse than that . |
| 10 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 11 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 12 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 13 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 14 | Er well Mark remember I was telling you about the boss that the two there the other night they give er a , a wage rise |
| 15 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 16 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 17 | And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child . |
| 18 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 20 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 21 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 22 | She 's told you about the bathing ? ’ |
| 23 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 24 | you was telling me about a suit . |
| 25 | The point that I want to reiterate here , before extending this concept of structure theoretically , is that in the drama process the surface meaning of the event , the meaning which in fact would play a large part if we were to tell it as a story — ‘ And the townsfolk listened to the Government representative and they had to come to a decision ’ — may not provide the required game structure . |
| 26 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |
| 27 | But that same reader is likely to resent and disbelieve the same insight when it is told him as a fact by an author . |
| 28 | He is telling us about the new initiatives |
| 29 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 30 | He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead . |