Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to tell me [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were going to tell me something of Kirtlington , were you not ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know if somebody 's trying to tell me something , but they 've made me number thirteen . |
| 3 | He was going to tell me something , now he 's having another little think . |
| 4 | " He was going to tell me something , he said . |
| 5 | ‘ It would have to play up just as Sybil was going to tell me something important , ’ she complained . |
| 6 | Do you know , I really thought he was going to tell me something , but his protuberant eyes refused to meet mine . |
| 7 | His face was agonized and he was trying to tell me something . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure it was trying to tell me something , ’ whispered Maud to Enid . |
| 9 | ‘ I had my two dogs with me and on hindsight one of them was trying to tell me something , ’ he said . |