Example sentences of "was telling [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then someone else was telling a joke and he sort of — well , humiliated him , if you know what I mean . |
| 2 | Within weeks of being handed the Northern Ireland portfolio by Neil Kinnock in the summer of 1987 , McNamara was telling a radio interviewer : |
| 3 | How he knew from which coach to retrieve her is a puzzle ; I expect he was telling a tale , but even this made him a very disagreeable character . |
| 4 | Daffodil with enthusiasm was telling a cool Bambi that she should try some face cream or other that helped with wrinkles . |
| 5 | Sheridan Lorrimore was telling a long-suffering good-natured couple all about his prowess at ice hockey and Xanthe , pouting and put out at having been temporarily deserted by Mrs Young , had ended up next to Giles-the-murderer whose real-life preference , I 'd gathered , was for boys . |
| 6 | One dealer was telling a client that only 10,000 shares in a little known company remained on his books . |
| 7 | ‘ I reckon he was telling a pretty fair version of the truth , yeah ? ’ |
| 8 | She was telling a story about buying it in Sunningdale before she first came to France , because there was a rumour that one could not buy decent tea the other side of the English Channel . |
| 9 | But he was telling a lie . |
| 10 | But , as her grandfather had drummed into her then , she had no right to inflict pain simply because the other person was telling a truth that was hard for her to cope with . |
| 11 | I knew I was telling a lie . |
| 12 | The red-bearded pirate was telling a lie ! |
| 13 | but when I went in the other week , they all sit in a circle like that , then there 's a space and the teacher stands there and she was telling a story about the independent princess who does n't fall in love with the prince in the end , it was a quite funny story |
| 14 | ‘ My people used to have an estancia in Chorley Wood , ’ she was telling an uncomprehending Mrs Miguel . |
| 15 | The constable did investigate the incident and proudly told colleagues later how his discretion and instinct had proved correct : the man was telling the truth . |
| 16 | At the start of August the former was telling the outside world of Russia 's quick recovery , just when the latter was still being very pessimistic . |
| 17 | But this time , it turns out he was telling the truth . |
| 18 | Nigel did not risk arguing in case she was telling the truth . |
| 19 | Aberdour was brought to the court from Holloway prison yesterday to hear Mr Finucane say she ‘ was telling the truth and Mr Gray 's allegations were entirely bogus ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The football authorities in England accepted the explanation and sided with Gallacher and the Newcastle team , probably as a gesture of national protocol rather than with the conviction that the Scot was telling the truth . |
| 22 | Ann astounded a Sunday-school teacher , who was telling the children about leprosy , by saying , ‘ My father is a leper . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No , it ent , ’ and Willie knew by the certainty in his voice that he was telling the truth . |
| 24 | Asked if she wast sure Mr Onanuga was telling the truth , she replied : ‘ Why would he tell a lie ? |
| 25 | Joanna 's grandfather was also adamant she was telling the truth . |
| 26 | At the same time , as with so many of his ploys , he was telling the absolute truth about his situation . |
| 27 | Perhaps Trine was telling the truth and Love Hearts were being taken at raves all over the country . |
| 28 | Quite probably you will have discovered that you put much more emphasis than we did on the immediate problem of trying to discover whether it was Chrissie or Fred who was telling the truth . |
| 29 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 30 | The worst thing was telling the children . |