Example sentences of "[been] telling " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its withers will never win any of the races Ronnie had been telling himself about , and he is reluctant to return from this long , defeated , dark-thoughted walk to break the bad news or his adventure to his wife and daughters . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland . |
| 3 | It need n't mean that Dostoevsky had been telling lies and is now telling the truth in the privacy of his own notebooks . |
| 4 | He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 7 | As soon as she entered the room she knew that Clare had already been telling tales ; or at least complaining to her colleagues . |
| 8 | In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And then , with a flash of temper , ‘ Has Paul been telling stupid tales ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My supporters in Birkenhead have been telling me I should not be in a mood to compromise , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Senior White House aides and CIA officials have been telling members of the Congressional Intelligence Committees this week that Gen Noriega is drinking heavily , taking drugs , and is so nervous that he moves addresses four and five times a night . |
| 13 | ‘ The niece , the one I 've been telling you about . |
| 14 | Since Palm Springs , the commission 's chairman , Mr Setsuo Umezawa , has been telling everyone that he would welcome an increase in the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 18 | It was just as Joe had been telling her all her life . |
| 19 | ‘ What do you mean ‘ get him' ’ ? — What have you been telling her ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I phoned him and said , ‘ I 've been telling everyone what a great time you had , I feel tricked , betrayed , like an idiot . ’ |
| 21 | Zambia has been telling me a lot , you know . ’ |
| 22 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
| 23 | A member of the group mentioned that an uncle of his , a retired coal miner , had been telling him about Highlander , and it was suggested that Highlander might be willing to help in some way . |
| 24 | People have been telling me that ever since I was a small boy . ’ |
| 25 | After all , you have been telling the time for years , have n't you ? |
| 26 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
| 28 | He commented on how much nicer towards him the family seemed to be , including Michael , who had been telling him about his own problems at work . |
| 29 | Listen , who 's been telling you stories ? |
| 30 | Lord Justice Waller said he was ‘ quite satisfied that the Judge had ample grounds to make him sure that the appellants had been telling lies ’ . |