Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] telling [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned shortly telling me to hang on , it would n't be for long ; and the shock had made him breathless too , I noticed . |
| 2 | After giving me a bit of a rollocking they went away telling me what happened to sentries who fell asleep guarding the magazine . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's as true as I 'm sitting here telling you , ’ insisted Dodger Gillespie , never one to be subject to fancies or unsought hallucinations . |
| 4 | I mean , that I should be sitting here telling you that you 've got a passionate nature , within ten minutes of meeting you … ! |
| 5 | he 's ever so posh , and we 're chatting away telling me all about pension , telling me all about the pension and that you see so I said to him would you like a tea ? |
| 6 | And , if she wrote now telling them they 'd split up , they 'd expect her to go out to Australia , and how could she with no money ? |
| 7 | well that jury lad that come here telling us , he said , do you know , they 've a better bloody than what I had ! |
| 8 | Harry said you 'd told him you loved him , but only a fortnight ago you sat here telling me you might well go to Jamaica with Dunbar . ’ |