Example sentences of "she [was/were] telling " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered if she were telling the truth and decided that it hardly mattered . |
| 2 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
| 3 | in January the , she were telling me they delivered hundred and fifty nine new cars . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | And I could see that this she were telling me . |
| 6 | Nigel did not risk arguing in case she was telling the truth . |
| 7 | He must have been a stranger to the village , that was why she was telling him . |
| 8 | ‘ I guess they realised she was telling lies , ’ said Rozanov . |
| 9 | Having misunderstood the irony of the display , she was telling people : ‘ Do n't believe them . |
| 10 | But now had she not , just as she was telling herself that she commanded the game , in fact lost her freedom ? |
| 11 | She spoke with such hauteur and conviction that even Hoomey wondered whether she was telling lies or the truth . |
| 12 | She described carefully what had happened while she was in Horsfall Woods , and to prove she was telling the truth she showed the police-sergeant the torn envelope . |
| 13 | She was telling them what they had watched on the breakfast news . |
| 14 | When Rebecca Kraemer remarked , as the last murmurs of the slow movement died away , that it was such a pity the conductor was still following the now-discredited Haas edition , she was telling everyone within earshot — which included half the audience — everything that Alison could have wanted them to know but naturally would n't have dreamt of mentioning herself . |
| 15 | She said she was finding Eva difficult and that she was telling lies . |
| 16 | Mrs Morey was outside , seated on a wooden bench with Corrie on her lap and Lily beside her , both children enthralled with a story she was telling . |
| 17 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |
| 18 | ‘ My people used to have an estancia in Chorley Wood , ’ she was telling an uncomprehending Mrs Miguel . |
| 19 | Joanna 's grandfather was also adamant she was telling the truth . |
| 20 | She has n't had any more visions but she was telling me that she sometimes has dreams . |
| 21 | She resolved on this but three hours later , having eaten Tom 's Indian takeaway and drunk half Tom 's wine , she was telling him her whole history . |
| 22 | She was telling me about Uncle Titch . ’ |
| 23 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 24 | As she was telling the shuffling Grimauds that light thickens , and the crow makes wing to the rooky wood , a voice cried above her from the high scaffolding . |
| 25 | I was talking to a screw one day and she was telling me that when she 'd wanted to get work in prison she thought she 'd be there to help prisoners . |
| 26 | I hope she was telling the truth . |
| 27 | And she came in and she was telling us all about it , and another woman who was there , she was the one who , she went over and sat beside here and said , Oh never mind and , You know we we we 'll get it sorted out , and , You 're better off without him . |
| 28 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 29 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 30 | Charles was n't sure whether Jacqui believed she was telling the truth or not . |