Example sentences of "[was/were] tell i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin were telling me today . |
| 2 | ‘ You were telling me how important you and Dad had become . |
| 3 | All that stuff you were telling me yesterday . |
| 4 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It was told me before . ’ |
| 6 | Maureen was telling me today that erm he erm too , she took it to the garage and there was two bills laying on the table , one were for two hundred and sixty odd and were four hundred and seventy some odd |
| 7 | I was therefore concentrating very hard on what he was telling me when we both became aware of a sudden change in the atmosphere of the main office outside . |
| 8 | In fact , he was telling me only the other week , about the the number of criminals that he knows , they 're serving their they 're serving sentences , and they 're only one thing they 're longing and hoping for , it is get out , so they can knock another old lady down , |
| 9 | Dad , do n't worry if Mum was telling me off will you over will you ? |
| 10 | This was almost the first time the bloke had spoken to me about anything , never mind about 10,000m running , and here he was telling me how to run tactically . |
| 11 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 12 | ‘ Maire was telling me how much she liked the party , Mother . |
| 13 | ‘ And , say , he was telling me how in your mother 's day there were coal fires in every bedroom and how … ’ |
| 14 | Anyhow , ’ he continued in his usual exuberant fashion , ‘ we were standing right outside Oliphants ’ Café , so I suggested coffee , and in no time she was telling me how she now lived in London , and had a flat there , and … ’ |
| 15 | Yeah Dot was telling me how erm they had somebody with th erm similar problem but more pronounced |