Example sentences of "be tell [pers pn] the truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 3 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm telling you the truth ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 7 | " I 'm telling you the truth . " |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she said gently . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ she persisted . |
| 10 | Ah , I 'm telling you the truth . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm telling you the truth , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you have any reason whatsoever to doubt that I 'm telling you the truth — other than the fact that I 'm a singer ? |
| 13 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 14 | I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’ |
| 15 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 16 | As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted . |
| 17 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 19 | ‘ I am telling you the truth , Headmistress , ’ she said . |
| 20 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |
| 21 | All you have to do is tell me the truth . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 23 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 24 | The accomplishment is to make sure that it is telling you the truth . ’ |
| 25 | and it was as simple as that , it was only until that I got all the paperwork from Germany that the letters and one thing and another , but somebody in there said to them well you 're talking rubbish cos the girl 's telling you the truth |
| 26 | I do n't know what mine are to tell you the truth . |
| 27 | I told him I knew Marc was going to listen to him , would help him , that all he had to do was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |