Example sentences of "[adv] [be] tell [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telling you the full story would only be telling you half . |
| 2 | Geoffrey 's just been telling me all about it . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean that 's the monster you 've just been telling me all about ? ’ |
| 4 | You 've just been telling us all what a relief it was to get out of the city . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |