Example sentences of "be [v-ing] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia smiled at them and Carrie said suddenly , ‘ I did n't want to upset you , Julie , but I 've been dying to tell you . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been wanting to tell you for ages , but I could n't while you were so worried . |
| 3 | " I 've been wanting to tell you , Nenna , that I very much doubt whether you 're strong enough to undertake all the work you do on Grace . |
| 4 | I am writing to tell you what those few minutes of destruction will now mean and to ask for your urgent help to stop this needless forest massacre before it is too late . |
| 5 | ‘ I am writing to tell you that I no longer believe in God or consider myself a Christian . ’ |
| 6 | Because you are new in the Opera House , I am writing to tell you some important things . |
| 7 | ‘ I want them now and you 're goin' to tell me . |
| 8 | ‘ This is one of my favourite shows , so if you 're going to tell me a bunch of big lies about what happened to your legs , well , I 'll just go back to watching my show . ’ |
| 9 | tell them what you 're going to tell them |
| 10 | But you 're going to tell me . ’ |
| 11 | And I said to her , ‘ I know what you are going to say — you 're going to tell me that the mother of X committed suicide . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're going to tell me these nomes fly on them , right ? ’ |
| 13 | In fact , we 've stolen some nuclear weapons and we 're going to tell the government we 're going to blow up the whole country unless they let us play Wembley . ’ |
| 14 | If you 're going to tell me about that bloody dream again — . ’ |
| 15 | If you 're going to tell me that she 's your sister , I 'd say you 'll have to try harder . ’ |
| 16 | You 're going to tell us what we want to know . ’ |
| 17 | Laura Passmore , and if you 're going to tell me she had no reason to want him dead , you may be right . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know but you 're going to tell me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If you 're going to tell me you 've got to go out on business , ’ she snaps , ‘ I 'm going to give your secretary the once over . ’ |
| 20 | Because you 're going to tell me who planned this . |
| 21 | ‘ So you 're going to tell me you like the way Faye plays with your face and figure on her canvases ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And I suppose you 're going to tell me that the manner in which I was dismissed was standard procedure ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That I 've got a headache , presumably , since that 's what you 're going to tell him , Adrian , ’ Gina said wearily . |
| 24 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And now you 're going to tell me that you 're not that kind of girl , ’ he said , his lips barely moving . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're going to tell me anyway . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The innocence I saw five years ago is gone , ’ he said calmly , ‘ and one day you 're going to tell me how it happened . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're going to tell them ’ , said Quigley , ‘ what you think about … about … everything ! ’ |
| 29 | I asked , adding : ‘ Not that I 'm interested , but you 're going to tell me . ’ |
| 30 | I gather they 're going to tell us he was working on some secret defence project , after all . |