Example sentences of "telling me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |
| 2 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 3 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |
| 4 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 5 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 6 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 7 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 10 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 13 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 14 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 15 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 16 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 17 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 19 | Unless you want to make the excursion unnecessary by telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And Harold , ’ said Charles in a firmer tone , ‘ I very much appreciate your telling me the news so kindly . |
| 21 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |