Example sentences of "[was/were] telling [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
2 | 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 |
3 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
4 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
5 | Ace might not love her , and he was furious at having his hand forced by William Ash , but there was something she could maybe start to build on , and that was telling him the truth about her birth . |
6 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |
7 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
8 | 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 ! ! ! |
9 | I was telling you the truth . |