Example sentences of "[be] telling the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do we know you 're telling the truth ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How do I know you 're telling the truth ? |
| 3 | ‘ You 're telling the truth , and you want to do what 's right . ’ |
| 4 | No , we 're telling the government , we 're telling them they 've got it wrong excuse me . |
| 5 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 6 | If you 're telling the truth , Peter , you can be back here in no time . |
| 7 | I 'm sure anyone looking at you now would be convinced that we 're telling the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder if you 're telling the truth . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm telling the truth now ! — It was there ; where you just said : Seal Sands Lock . |
| 10 | No one wants to know how my character study of Mark Antony 's going , whether I 've vacuumed under my bed , what videos I 've been watching while they were out , how many lengths I 've swum without a break , whether I 'm telling the truth or lies . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 'm telling the doctor I was n't concussed . |
| 12 | I 'm either telling the truth or , and I think I 'm telling the truth . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm telling the truth . |
| 14 | I 'm telling the truth , Sue and all . |
| 15 | No but for once in my life , I 'm telling the truth . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , it is weird , and I do n't think he is completely right in the head , Ari , but I 'm afraid it looks as if he might be telling the truth . ’ |
| 17 | It is wrong to think he is supposed to be telling the truth in his songs and presenting a true picture of his personality . |
| 18 | He did n't want to be telling the news in the territory where the maid could be involved , but followed obediently to the shabby breakfast room . |
| 19 | There were very few people around who seemed to be telling the truth about their past lives , and what they told you was only meant to further their self image . |
| 20 | What is more , by using a more polite or polysyllabic manner of discourse , you will be telling the client so ; as well as implying that you are a loftier being which does not make for rapport . |
| 21 | I 'll be telling the others in the morning . |
| 22 | I did n't trust the old girl to be telling the truth — though I think she is . |
| 23 | Although I tried to persuade Cathy that Heathcliff could not be telling the truth , my young mistress was very upset , and determined to discover how Linton was . |
| 24 | " Mind you , Sara does dress in the early Oxfam style , so she might be telling the truth . " |
| 25 | Er , it 's something that will be welcomed by the trade union movement , a new forward , a new beginning to join once again the fruits of our labour with partnership with other unions and the Labour Party which was what we all need , but it must be done with careful planning and the brains at the top of the union must be telling the of the union , the members on the shop floor , the right direction in which to walk . |
| 26 | I shall be telling the Lancashire electors about the fact that the Tory party is financing its election campaign with money from Hong Kong , with £2 million from a Greek fascist and £440,000 from Asil Nadir — money which he stole from his company — and will the chairman of the Tory party — |
| 27 | Responding to the news , Mr Wilson , who is today addressing the Dublin Senate , said he would be telling the IRA men to lay down their arms . |
| 28 | Telling us all how we would have to adapt in various minor ways to changing circumstances , but that basically our lives would carry on very much as normal — and it was weird , I was wanting them all to believe him , and him to be telling the truth . |
| 29 | Erm , if er , if they had been , erm , all along they would be telling the same story as , if they really could do their in intellectualizing properly |
| 30 | ‘ You might be telling the truth for once , ’ he replied insultingly . |