Example sentences of "be telling [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 2 | And are these , all these peop people you 're telling me about they would just walk around and sleep wherever they could ? |
| 3 | And while they 're telling you about it , take a close look at the finest four-seater coupé of the 'nineties . |
| 4 | But participant observation you stand the best chance really of being able to check the accuracy of what , th they 're telling you in terms of behaviour and wha , and what people say , and what different people say in those situations over the , so you know . |
| 5 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Harvey . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Liz , get up and let's go home . |
| 8 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |
| 9 | I 'm telling you for a fact that Steven wo n't touch you . |
| 10 | I 'm telling you as a fact that I 'm the only person in this industry who 's done it . |
| 11 | And the people used to sharpen it to a point , why the Slippery Elm I do n't know , I 've often wondered about it really , but his person I 'm telling you about she she was delivered of a good healthy boy and everything was alright . |
| 12 | It was work in the days I 'm telling you about . |
| 13 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 14 | Oh yes , oh there , aye there was , ah but these this lot that I 'm telling you about they were more or less traders . |
| 15 | That 's the mother 's steel I 'm telling you about . |
| 16 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 17 | I 'm telling you to fu you can switch that lamp up if you want . |
| 18 | Work , work , ah it was all work I 'm telling you in them days . |
| 19 | Michael O'Neil knows what the score is now better than any of us here , and if I know Michael , he 'll be arguing with St Peter at the gate and be telling him in his best Superintendent manner that celestial security is not what it was - if they let people like him in ! ’ |
| 20 | He 'll be telling them about the pressures of being a superstar living in Hollywood ! |
| 21 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 22 | Well , next week , will be telling us about another one of these very controversial books , wo n't you ? |
| 23 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 24 | With a mountain upbringing , Myles Horton developed the idea of Highlander in an attempt to come to grips with the problems which were really facing the mountain people of Appalachia and the rural south , the day to day problems which these communities perceived as being obstacles to them , rather than necessarily those which planners , developers and politicians were telling them about . |
| 25 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ By the way Bill , ’ Yanto turned enquiringly , ‘ has Bert Midgeley still got that motorbike combination you were telling me about ? ’ |
| 27 | Louise , you were telling me about Roger Clarke . |
| 28 | " What was it you were telling me about Cowslip ? |
| 29 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
| 30 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |