Example sentences of "was telling the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But this time , it turns out he was telling the truth . |
| 4 | Nigel did not risk arguing in case she was telling the truth . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ann astounded a Sunday-school teacher , who was telling the children about leprosy , by saying , ‘ My father is a leper . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No , it ent , ’ and Willie knew by the certainty in his voice that he was telling the truth . |
| 10 | Asked if she wast sure Mr Onanuga was telling the truth , she replied : ‘ Why would he tell a lie ? |
| 11 | Joanna 's grandfather was also adamant she was telling the truth . |
| 12 | At the same time , as with so many of his ploys , he was telling the absolute truth about his situation . |
| 13 | Perhaps Trine was telling the truth and Love Hearts were being taken at raves all over the country . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The worst thing was telling the children . |
| 17 | WHEN pressed to name some rich and famous people who are customers at his London restaurants , Viscount Linley replied : ‘ As I was telling the Queen the other night , I just hate name-dropping . ’ |
| 18 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 19 | The doctor looked into the Englishman 's eyes , saw that he was telling the truth . |
| 20 | You think he was telling the truth when the said the anti-liberal operation starts today ? ’ |
| 21 | But this is no independent check : it is rather like buying a second copy of the same newspaper in order to check on whether the first was telling the truth . |
| 22 | From the co-operative principle , I also assumed that my neighbour was telling the truth ( there was no evidence that she was lying , hallucinating , or playing a practical joke ) . |
| 23 | On 17 July 1991 D. began staying access with his mother , and the mother was telling the social services and the guardian ad litem who had been appointed in the juvenile court proceedings that her relationship with the father was over . |
| 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 | Babs was telling the Lost Boys a story of how mothers always waited for their children to return : |
| 26 | I hope she was telling the truth . |
| 27 | But if Alexei said that he was not involved , then probably he was telling the truth , otherwise there would be no reason for him to say anything at all . |
| 28 | When he was telling the story , he used to bang his fist on his forehead like this . |
| 29 | Although I found it impossible to imagine such a conversation with Mrs Monro , I had no doubt that Lili was telling the truth , and whatever the psychological convolutions the facts were there . |
| 30 | At last , Jimmy was telling the story that had first prompted Cardiff to seek him out and bring him here . |