Example sentences of "what [pers pn] be [v-ing] to tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you understand what I am trying to tell you , that I was filled with distaste for everything ? |
| 2 | this is what I 'm trying to tell everybody at school , you should n't be thinking oh , how 's it gon na effect me , what I 'll do if |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you , ’ Arty said , with a touch of desperation in his voice . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you . |
| 6 | What I 'm trying to tell you about is this . |
| 7 | Well I 'm te , that 's what I 'm trying to tell you ! |
| 8 | Well I 'm telling , that 's what I 'm trying to tell you . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what I 'm trying to tell you , ’ he shouted . |
| 10 | " What I 'm trying to tell you is , the man 's a crook . |
| 11 | That 's what I 'm trying to tell you . |
| 12 | It is Okay , now what I 'm trying to tell you is that th a measure of association or , as we 're gon na call it , correlation |
| 13 | I do n't know what I 'm going to tell them . |
| 14 | Erm I do recognise some faces , I know some of you recognise me and eh cos we 've done quite a lot of things together , but this afternoon what I 'm going to tell you about is how I fit in with Council , I do n't think any of you know that or know what the Local Government Unit is . |
| 15 | ‘ I want you to believe what I 'm going to tell you , Mr. Preston . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps you have a pen and paper with you , or will you be able to remember what I 'm going to tell you ? ’ |
| 17 | And she also used to say it a lot when my sister Natalie was very little , which is what I 'm going to tell you about now . |
| 18 | So what I 'd like you to do if you have n't got some paper there 's stacks of paper here and what I 'd like you to do is grab a piece of paper and write down what I 'm going to tell you . |
| 19 | We may need something stronger than tea after what I 'm going to tell you . ’ |
| 20 | It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her ! |
| 21 | That 's what I was trying to tell you about |
| 22 | That 's what , that 's what I was trying to tell you . |
| 23 | What I was going to tell him , if he was to come over , take my car there when I 'd have taken this car over , I would have had a car to come back . |
| 24 | ‘ What I was going to tell you is that he had written her a part in one of his plays . |
| 25 | But what I was going to tell you about this loan and I was there on this Friday morning when we were drawing our money , and the men were bringing their their s life savings to lend to the union . |
| 26 | ‘ Might n't I have known that she would have such perfect timing ? ’ turning to his mother , he explained , ‘ That 's what I was coming to tell you — that Phena was on her way . |
| 27 | ‘ You know what she 's going to tell him : that she has this dream , fantasy , God knows what it is , that she killed one of the kids . ’ |
| 28 | She was not quite sure what she was going to tell him when she found one . |
| 29 | She entered the building , wondering how she was to find this elusive man , wondering again what she was going to tell him even if she did succeed in locating him . |
| 30 | I do n't know who you are and I ca n't understand what you 're trying to tell me , but you have a very beautiful telephone voice , and I believe you have saved my life … |