Example sentences of "was tell [pers pn] the truth " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . ’ |
2 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
6 | I was telling you the truth . |
7 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |