Example sentences of "was [adv] tell the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was just telling the driver of the light engine that he would be away in a minute , when from Bradley Fold station box came the 4-5-5 signal ( train or vehicles running away on the right line ) . |
| 2 | That 's it , I said I was just telling the children well what happens if anything happened to Brian . |
| 3 | He was just told the bare charge . |
| 4 | They immediately seized on it as evidence that Mr Major was not telling the whole truth about Europe . |
| 5 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 6 | D'Indy 's desire to adapt the inner parts in order to present the work of his great predecessor in a better light is perhaps understandable ; some might argue that his only sin was not to tell the user what he had done . |
| 7 | Judge Henry Pownall was yesterday told the 47-year-old was still on the run . |
| 8 | The conclusion which each of us independently has reached in this court on the vital part of his story is that he was clearly telling the truth … we see no justification for disturbing the verdicts which in our view were entirely correct . ’ |
| 9 | Vinelott J. was probably told the same . |
| 10 | The main thrust of this passage , it must be said , was to instil a measure of resolve into jurors who , even if intellectually convinced , might shrink from the unwelcome duty of convicting on a capital charge , but the words emphasised above show that the judge ( who had earlier adverted to the burden of proof ) was also telling the jury to concentrate on the evidence . |
| 11 | Sequent was also told the NT client could ship at the end of May , simultaneous with system 's launch at Comdex Spring/Windows World . |
| 12 | Sequent was also told the NT client could ship at the end of this month , simultaneously with system 's launch at Comdex Spring/Windows World . |
| 13 | ‘ I was n't telling the truth yesterday . ’ |
| 14 | He kept his face turned away from her so that she would n't see that he was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 15 | Kate shook her head again , saying she did n't know , and Mrs Blakey was aware she was n't telling the truth . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not interested , ’ she said , knowing she was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 17 | He was n't telling the fans anything they do n't already know that this Everton team has been allowed to slide into mediocrity , and that the values of the old ‘ school of science ’ have been allowed to melt away like snow in the Sahara . |
| 18 | He was about to tell the Headmaster the Bookman had a whole box of questions in his home but stopped himself in time . |
| 19 | After having her breast removed , she was then told the malignancy had spread to the lymph nodes under her arm . |
| 20 | Protestors have successfully prevented the demolition men from starting their work , but the firm which owns the hotel MacCarthy and Stone , says its angry that , despite months of consultations with the Council , it was never told the buildings might get protected status . |