Example sentences of "[be] telling the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , we 're telling the government , we 're telling them they 've got it wrong excuse me . |
| 2 | ‘ How do we know you 're telling the truth ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How do I know you 're telling the truth ? |
| 4 | ‘ You 're telling the truth , and you want to do what 's right . ’ |
| 5 | If you 're telling the truth , Peter , you can be back here in no time . |
| 6 | I 'm sure anyone looking at you now would be convinced that we 're telling the truth . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder if you 're telling the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm telling the truth now ! — It was there ; where you just said : Seal Sands Lock . |
| 9 | No one wants to know how my character study of Mark Antony 's going , whether I 've vacuumed under my bed , what videos I 've been watching while they were out , how many lengths I 've swum without a break , whether I 'm telling the truth or lies . |
| 10 | I 'm either telling the truth or , and I think I 'm telling the truth . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm telling the truth . |
| 12 | I 'm telling the truth , Sue and all . |
| 13 | No but for once in my life , I 'm telling the truth . |
| 14 | ‘ No , I 'm telling the doctor I was n't concussed . |
| 15 | So whatever else My Lords , these appointees might they 're going to do , it will not be telling the Chief Constable what to do . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , it is weird , and I do n't think he is completely right in the head , Ari , but I 'm afraid it looks as if he might be telling the truth . ’ |
| 17 | It is wrong to think he is supposed to be telling the truth in his songs and presenting a true picture of his personality . |
| 18 | There were very few people around who seemed to be telling the truth about their past lives , and what they told you was only meant to further their self image . |
| 19 | I did n't trust the old girl to be telling the truth — though I think she is . |
| 20 | Although I tried to persuade Cathy that Heathcliff could not be telling the truth , my young mistress was very upset , and determined to discover how Linton was . |
| 21 | " Mind you , Sara does dress in the early Oxfam style , so she might be telling the truth . " |
| 22 | Telling us all how we would have to adapt in various minor ways to changing circumstances , but that basically our lives would carry on very much as normal — and it was weird , I was wanting them all to believe him , and him to be telling the truth . |
| 23 | ‘ You might be telling the truth for once , ’ he replied insultingly . |
| 24 | What is more , by using a more polite or polysyllabic manner of discourse , you will be telling the client so ; as well as implying that you are a loftier being which does not make for rapport . |
| 25 | He did n't want to be telling the news in the territory where the maid could be involved , but followed obediently to the shabby breakfast room . |
| 26 | as if he were telling the story to someone else , Culley gave him a full account of what he 'd heard on the tape . |
| 27 | When they 'd moved in he 'd made a point of telling just about everybody where it was and how much it was costing — wincing a little at the same time , as if he were telling the story against himself and his own folly — but it had become a sterile kind of heaven , and he sat around in it like some forgotten angel . |
| 28 | A second registrar examined Christopher , but decided it was possible Celia and Danny were telling the truth . |
| 29 | The people who said it were telling the truth . |
| 30 | ‘ At least , he had n't if they were telling the truth . ’ |