Example sentences of "telling [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye , you try telling that to these people round here . |
| 2 | You will not need telling that good relationships with your local press , radio and television are essential — but how do you do it ? |
| 3 | You tried to dissuade him from telling that particular story , in his own interests . |
| 4 | The potential cast for telling that story is vast , and it strikes me that a large number of both major and important minor characters is absent from Rosenthal and Joachimedes 's list . |
| 5 | Try telling that to a Pakistani . |
| 6 | ‘ Try telling that to the Colonel . |
| 7 | Carrie stood shivering in the cold hall behind the half open door , wondering about Hepzibah and remembering her spell-binding voice telling that story about the old skull . |
| 8 | All the family grew more and more irritated as Frank interrupted every conversation they tried to have with Terry , saying , ‘ You 're not telling that right , Ted , ’ or ‘ I could tell them more about that , Ted ’ . |
| 9 | Try telling that to some of the players . |
| 10 | I 've got my own system for identification but I 'm not telling that fragolli anything . ’ |
| 11 | Or I might go telling that young man where you found your young Miracle-Worker . |
| 12 | Try telling that to your lawyer . ’ |
| 13 | But try telling that to Giulia . |
| 14 | You were telling that Judy , Julie . |
| 15 | It 's got ta be something telling that bell to ring |
| 16 | They appeared in buoyant spirits , and seemed to be telling each other jokes . |
| 17 | They spent the whole round telling each other jokes . |
| 18 | The women sit in circles talking , they are passing telegrams along battle lines , telling each other stories that will not put them to sleep , recognising allies under the disguise of femininity , no longer smuggling ammunition over back garden walls . |
| 19 | They sit staring into the sun and telling each other stories . |
| 20 | They were married on 1 April , 1985 at the Chelsea Registry Office after nearly fifteen years of telling each other their problems with other relationships . |
| 21 | They had begun to walk through the woods towards the sea ; two lovers out for a stroll , telling each other everything . |
| 22 | So they sat around , then , in deckchairs , waiting to scramble , telling each other bad jokes , and saying things like : ‘ Old Bill Ponsonby pranged the jolly old kite , today . ’ |
| 23 | Now everybody starts chattering and telling each other what they already know . |
| 24 | Telling this are Ruth herself ( Carol Been ) , her tragically decaying father ( Alfred Hoffman ) , and a very nasty policeman ( Saul Reichlin ) . |
| 25 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 26 | Try telling this to any mother . |
| 27 | Just after I 'd finished at college , I went along to someone 's party and I remember telling this girl who I was chatting up that I played bass . |
| 28 | And the reason I 'm telling this to you , is because I want you to live . ’ |
| 29 | You see there there he is telling this lady do n't listen to her she runs a savings group , the squander bug works for Hitler . |
| 30 | Now there does not seem to be any precise way of telling this in advance , so in the case of the carp angler , it is a matter of trial and error . |