Example sentences of "trying to tell [pers pn] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me something about my sex appeal ? ’ |
| 2 | look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though |
| 3 | He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb . |
| 4 | Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |