Example sentences of "[prep] telling you " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believe in the truth and they are n't frightened of telling you about it . |
| 2 | Instead of telling you individually , I shall wait until you 're assembled . |
| 3 | If you find yourself panting after climbing the stairs , or stiff after unaccustomed physical work , such as gardening , it 's nature 's way of telling you that you could benefit from extra exercise . |
| 4 | Max has a very funny way of telling you that you should try a different approach . |
| 5 | ‘ Secondly , I 'm afraid the owner of the Delos has been guilty of telling you fibs , Admiral . |
| 6 | For example , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , I am very glad to have this opportunity of telling you about my magnificent stamp collection . |
| 7 | Naturally , even if you made sufficient headway with your phrase book to ask , they 'd never dream of telling you where they got it . |
| 8 | For the millionth time of telling you . |
| 9 | I think instead of encouraging you to try out new ideas they seem to get some kind of kick out of telling you how bad it is … |
| 10 | It may also be that her naughtiness is her way of telling you she 's not ready for the toddler group yet . |
| 11 | ‘ But I have no intention of telling you what you want to know . ’ |
| 12 | ( Falling over is God 's way of telling you the bar 's about to shut in my book . ) |
| 13 | The role will hardly ever be one of telling you what to do ; instead , the supervisor reviews what you have done . |
| 14 | Well , story of telling you had to do it , |
| 15 | I was sort of telling you that bit . |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't dream of telling you anything ! ’ she flared , and as anxiety , love and all manner of emotions flooded her she only knew she had to get away from him . |
| 17 | Whatever they could stick their noses into they would , like telling you off if you had more than eight photos on your pin board . |
| 18 | ‘ You seem sharp enough to me , ’ Lucy said , thinking how hard it was to find a way of guiding someone into telling you things that they 'll assume you already know . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't scare me into telling you what you want to hear ! ’ |
| 20 | It is concerned with telling you as much about what we do n't yet know as about what we do know . |
| 21 | But do n't let anyone get away with telling you that IBM 's problems are all the fault of the world economy : if Hewlett-Packard Co can grow at 20% in the current climate , if ICL Plc can remain in the black , if that former corporate basket case Unisys Corp , which compared with IBM started out under its present management with no advantages at all , can return to profit , IBM 's woes have to be acknowledged to be primarily the fault of the company itself , and only exacerbated by the economy . |
| 22 | And again I must be frank in telling you , because if I do n't tell you this , one of the maids of the house will likely inform you very shortly , that I 've had two helpers already this year . |
| 23 | Andropulos may have made a mistake , Admiral , in telling you that he was scared that his spare fuel tank might blow up . |
| 24 | Trish never asked questions ; she was only interested in telling you things . |
| 25 | In telling you how it works we will have told you about the basic peculiarities of all quantum mechanics . |
| 26 | No harm in telling you the story , I guess . |
| 27 | Happy May Day , and I 'm so sorry about the muddle with the draft I 've enquired at the head office of the Bank of Scotland , where I got it made out , and they seemed to think your Brno bank was being a bit dim , or perhaps even obstructionist , in telling you they could n't deal with it and that you 'd have to go to Prague to get it cashed . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd have to know you a lot better before telling you such things . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She has , but she wanted to make sure it would be all right before telling you . |
| 30 | ‘ So , he waited till you were here before telling you the whole story . ’ |