Example sentences of "[verb] been telling [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 2 | It was just as Joe had been telling her all her life . |
| 3 | It 's a legal document … but they 've been telling me that all along . |
| 4 | The one I 've been telling you all about . ’ |
| 5 | Please do n't say I 've been telling you this . |
| 6 | He 's been telling me all sorts of stories about the places he 's worked in . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Chico 's been telling me all kinds of interesting stuff . ’ |
| 8 | Oh who 's been telling you all this ? |