Example sentences of "telling me the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 2 | Telling me the strangest things sometimes , evil things — till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces . |
| 3 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 4 | ‘ And Harold , ’ said Charles in a firmer tone , ‘ I very much appreciate your telling me the news so kindly . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
| 6 | Josh Cornock was telling me the big tides of the last few days have brought the elvers down . |
| 7 | The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago . |
| 8 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 11 | Next thing you 'll be telling me the little cow 's summoned up the ‘ forces of Evil ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 14 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | Are you telling me the old bat did n't pass it on ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 18 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 19 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 20 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 21 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 22 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 23 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 24 | I 've also had people at forty plus telling me the same thing which is a nonsense . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 26 | Unless you want to make the excursion unnecessary by telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 27 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |
| 28 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |
| 29 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |
| 30 | Well I know it without you telling me the blanks ! |