Example sentences of "[was/were] tell [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |
| 2 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 3 | And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |
| 7 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |