Example sentences of "have [be] tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists . |
| 2 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 3 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 4 | ‘ I have no real idea what people have been telling you about my involvement with MI6 at the time . |
| 5 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |