Example sentences of "[pron] be tell the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent . |
| 2 | Through you , Mr. Speaker , I am telling the hon. Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) where the money has gone . |
| 3 | I am telling the hon. Gentleman what happened . |
| 4 | ( I am told the two storey six-bed house first on left as one descends the hill rents for £350 or so , yes £350 , in high summer ) . |
| 5 | Nobody 's telling the f—ing truth . |
| 6 | If that 's the Sue I once bought a drink for — out of pity — in a certain low-rent wine bar she frequents ( Naughty Nineties postcards in brass frames and scrums of desperate shrieking middle-aged women hogging the tables ) , then I do n't think she 's telling the full story . |
| 7 | I mean , we did n't … he did n't … ’ she faltered , not at all sure she was telling the exact truth . |
| 8 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 9 | We are told the new C-in-C vetoed the suggestion from the outset and , in the absence of evidence from the archives , this is surely inconsistent with his demand for the agreed build-up of the Command , his determination to shed the twin-engined bombers in favour of four-engined Stirlings , Halifaxes and Lancasters , and his bitter and seemingly endless feud with the Navy ( and , to a lesser degree , the Army ) about the " milking " of his Command . |
| 10 | The applicants were not consulted but they were told the minimum period of imprisonment they would have to serve before their cases would be reviewed . |
| 11 | The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . |
| 12 | He is telling the European commission that British Airways offers incentives to travel agents to push B A at the expense of other carriers . |
| 13 | It first approached the CNAA in 1971 , and after some initial doubts on the part of the Council , it was told the following year that the CNAA might be able to consider a formal approach on condition that the new institution was not called a ‘ university ’ — since the CNAA was precluded by its Charter from the validation of universities . |
| 14 | At the same time , as with so many of his ploys , he was telling the absolute truth about his situation . |
| 15 | I did n't even have time to say hello before he was telling the whole room about us breaking into Puddephat 's rooms . |
| 16 | Although Faulkner wanted a guarantee that the agreement was constitutionally sound , he was told the Supreme Court would decide . |