Example sentences of "have [be] telling [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 2 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 3 | Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists . |
| 4 | ‘ My supporters in Birkenhead have been telling me I should not be in a mood to compromise , ’ he said . |
| 5 | People have been telling me that ever since I was a small boy . ’ |
| 6 | NEW guys have been telling me I was too old . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 8 | ‘ From some of the things the boys have been telling me it 's not going to be nice standing on the first tee at the Belfry , ’ said Lane . |
| 9 | For years everyone around you — family , parents , even magazines and newspapers , have been telling you : ‘ Work hard , Pass your exams , Your whole future depends on this ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I have no real idea what people have been telling you about my involvement with MI6 at the time . |
| 11 | You and the Corporation have been telling us to purchase from our new subsidiaries in Taiwan , Korea , Singapore and even from Japan , for God 's sake . |
| 12 | The Maxteds have been telling us a lot about you . ’ |
| 13 | For years US statistics have been telling us that people watch , on average , more than seven hours of television a day . |
| 14 | the old boys have been telling us the stories and it 's brought a tear to the eye |