Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am telling you the truth , Headmistress , ’ she said . |
| 2 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 3 | I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it . |
| 4 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
| 5 | ‘ I am giving him the chance to be his own publisher , ’ said Mr Maxwell . |
| 6 | In return for your resignation , I am offering you the opportunity to study a dreadful disease in a living laboratory . |
| 7 | I 'm telling you the truth ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 9 | " I 'm telling you the truth . " |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she said gently . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she persisted . |
| 12 | Ah , I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you have any reason whatsoever to doubt that I 'm telling you the truth — other than the fact that I 'm a singer ? |
| 15 | And that old man I 'm telling you the God 's truth , I watched him when I was coming school many a time , used to go to Anglesey with a rope in his pocket here . |
| 16 | And then a letter saying , you know it 's personalized saying , Dear Mrs Smith , thank you for your enquiry , I 'm sending you the information you requested and also thought that you might like to have a l a leaflet about our bridal box . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'm giving her the benefit of the doubt , ’ said Loretta . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm giving her the chance to show what she can do , ’ Lucy retorted , then left the table before tears of frustration could betray the bitter hurt raging within her . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm giving you the chance to escape . |
| 20 | It said , " I 'm probably saying more than I should , but as I 'm giving you the information without you asking for It , I do n't think it 's covered by the rules . |
| 21 | ‘ And I 'm offering you the job as manager at a pound a week more than your present salary . ’ |
| 22 | Someone 's telling you the answers and you 're thinking , Well okay it must be right knows what he 's doing he 's a teacher right okay I 'll put it down . |
| 23 | I mean , I think if someone is showing you the rainforest and he does n't stop every ten yards to show you something , then that 's not a good guide . |
| 24 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
| 25 | I was telling you the truth . |
| 26 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 27 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 29 | And without deviating from truth or accuracy , you are telling it the way — and it is possible to do it , without deviating from truth and accuracy — because most of the trappings of the crap are ones that we impose upon ourselves . |
| 30 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |