Example sentences of "telling [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Do you mind telling me how old you are , Miss Thorne ? ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Can you offer me no explanation of such clear symptoms , or are you ignoring these , are you telling me that such suffering is a figment of my imagination ? ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Are you telling me I 'm in your way now or something ? ’ |
| 34 | Zambia has been telling me a lot , you know . ’ |
| 35 | I remember Geoff telling me this , tears streaming down his face , marvelling at how it was his children who had the strength to carry on , and that it was they who had this practical , yet profound way of reaching to the heart of the matter . |
| 36 | Someone telling me what to eat , and how much . |
| 37 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
| 38 | When I did eventually tell her she was really embarrassed , and tried telling me that I was making it up ! |
| 39 | He was more interested in telling me about the tactics of the attorney general . |
| 40 | Staring straight ahead at the road before him , the driver went on talking , telling me of his boyhood ambition to be a footballer and of the Mafia-like behaviour of the modern IRA . |
| 41 | I remember him telling me how over the years it was a role which he had been able to approach from many different standpoints . |
| 42 | He was very brave about the whole thing , crawling up to his feet and telling me it did n't hurt a bit . |
| 43 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 44 | There is no use in telling me I shall soon be running up mountains . |
| 45 | ‘ He kept waking up and telling me silly things … |
| 46 | He returned shortly telling me to hang on , it would n't be for long ; and the shock had made him breathless too , I noticed . |
| 47 | But what really brought it to light was your letter telling me I was contemptible and that you washed your hands of me ! |
| 48 | My mother would never have left me without telling me when she would be back . |
| 49 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 50 | Telling me the strangest things sometimes , evil things — till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces . |
| 51 | Jeffrey kept telling me he was only seeking custody because he wanted me back in the States . |
| 52 | ‘ Friends are always telling me to put my prices up , but I enjoy painting people , like bishops , who could n't necessarily afford very much more , ’ he said . |
| 53 | I do n't think he should really be telling me all this , but he is demob happy and there is something of the anonymity of the confessional in this dimly lit train compartment , lurching slowly over the snowy plateau of the Kola Peninsula . |
| 54 | Telling me off . |
| 55 | You are telling me that up there on the stone face of Glasgow your soul was set on fire . ’ |
| 56 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 57 | People have been telling me that ever since I was a small boy . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ Are you telling me you got out and then went back in again after me ? ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Are you telling me I put you off ? ’ |
| 60 | People keep coming in and telling me I 'm doing wonderfully — but where 's the baby ? |