Example sentences of "was [not/n't] telling the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They immediately seized on it as evidence that Mr Major was not telling the whole truth about Europe . |
| 2 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't telling the truth yesterday . ’ |
| 4 | He kept his face turned away from her so that she would n't see that he was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 5 | Kate shook her head again , saying she did n't know , and Mrs Blakey was aware she was n't telling the truth . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not interested , ’ she said , knowing she was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 7 | He was n't telling the fans anything they do n't already know that this Everton team has been allowed to slide into mediocrity , and that the values of the old ‘ school of science ’ have been allowed to melt away like snow in the Sahara . |