Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be telling " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 2 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 3 | You know , he thought I 'd been telling him a lie . |
| 4 | In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were . |
| 5 | Once I got the hang of it , I had been telling myself smugly , there would be nothing to stop us having a marvelous time for a glorious night and a day … |
| 6 | I had been telling him so for the last few weeks . |
| 7 | All the while I had been telling my young passenger what I was going to do . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland . |
| 9 | ‘ The niece , the one I 've been telling you about . |
| 10 | ‘ I phoned him and said , ‘ I 've been telling everyone what a great time you had , I feel tricked , betrayed , like an idiot . ’ |
| 11 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been telling everybody he 's the damsel in distress . |
| 13 | Heaven knows , I 've been telling people for years , and , strangely , it is n't entirely untrue . |
| 14 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 15 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 16 | For days I 've been telling Caliban that I do n't see why D and M and everyone else should be left in the dark about whether I still exist . |
| 17 | Please do n't say I 've been telling you this . |
| 18 | I 've been telling her about that and all . |
| 19 | The one I 've been telling you all about . ’ |
| 20 | Not thousands , just four of them , each with two of these legs I 've been telling you about . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been telling you all along . |
| 22 | I 've er this , the the er hoe-down , I 've been advertising since before Christmas er and er although we did n't inform the members till about three weeks ago something like that er I 've been telling everybody about it and I 've had more response from non-members than I 've had from members for it . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 24 | Very exciting stuff and I 've been telling her not to speak so loudly . |
| 25 | I have been telling them about the different sensitivity which Asian women have to their babies and the fact that you ca n't just go up to an Asian woman with the diet leaflet and say you should be giving your baby Cod Liver Oil , because 90 per cent of Asians in Wandsworth are vegetarians . |
| 26 | ‘ Someone 's been telling tales again . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Someone 's been telling tales … |
| 28 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 29 | She has been telling me … ’ |
| 30 | And all you do is telling |