Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] tell [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
2 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
3 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
4 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
5 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
6 | He was n't trying to give her false hope but was simply telling her the truth . |
7 | He was surely telling her the truth , surely , with that playful-sounding promise of a comedy about the Wall . |
8 | Emmie saw , appalled , that he was about to tell him the truth . |