Example sentences of "[be] telling [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 3 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 5 | And that old man I 'm telling you the God 's truth , I watched him when I was coming school many a time , used to go to Anglesey with a rope in his pocket here . |
| 6 | I 'm telling you the truth ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 8 | " I 'm telling you the truth . " |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she said gently . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she persisted . |
| 11 | Ah , I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you have any reason whatsoever to doubt that I 'm telling you the truth — other than the fact that I 'm a singer ? |
| 14 | Dr Greene said you 'll be telling her the result of the sonogram . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 16 | If she met an alien in Wandsworth High Street , she 'd be telling it the way to the supermarket and offering it free babysitting before you could say ‘ flying saucer ’ . |
| 17 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 18 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 19 | As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted . |
| 20 | the old boys have been telling us the stories and it 's brought a tear to the eye |
| 21 | Our own expert Mandy Johnson has been telling you the wisdom of physiotherapy for many , many months and will continue for some time to come . |
| 22 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 24 | And without deviating from truth or accuracy , you are telling it the way — and it is possible to do it , without deviating from truth and accuracy — because most of the trappings of the crap are ones that we impose upon ourselves . |
| 25 | DEC says that OSF/1-on-Alpha is now its primary platform and applications target and that customers are telling it the transition would be made more easily from MIPS R/4000-based boxes running Ultrix than OSF/1 . |
| 26 | ‘ I am telling you the truth , Headmistress , ’ she said . |
| 27 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 28 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 29 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 30 | The accomplishment is to make sure that it is telling you the truth . ’ |