Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] be tell " 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 | Go on and on , I 'd been told . |
| 5 | Murder was habit-forming , so I 'd been told . |
| 6 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 7 | But what should I do now that I 'd been told about Belinda 's feelings ? |
| 8 | I 'd been told a lot of stories |
| 9 | I wondered what she was doing , whether she was the eyeful I 'd been told , and whether she 'd appreciate a neighbourly call at two a.m . |
| 10 | I wish I 'd been told early on what I looked like and what I was doing to my body . |
| 11 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 12 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |
| 13 | But all the time I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told , first of all it was gall stones |
| 14 | People with cats live longer , I 'd been told . |
| 15 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 16 | The actual experience was n't frightening me so much as what I 'd been told . |
| 17 | Er , I 'd been told er that he 'd been in prison with Mr er I believe it was in nineteen eighty six and I 'd also been told that in the past er and er had planned armed robberies together . |
| 18 | Well no before that , I mean I 'd been told before all this Pete business yesterday night , I was told Elliot fancied me and that was true you know ? |
| 19 | The first thing I did was tell Harvey that the eggs and all my baggage had been stolen at the airport , but Harvey Newbegin was in one of his rich-busy-man moods and went bustling around making tutting noises for a couple of days . |
| 20 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 21 | All I did was to tell them to get rid of the Helvetica but . |
| 22 | In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were . |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | I had been telling him so for the last few weeks . |
| 25 | All the while I had been telling my young passenger what I was going to do . |
| 26 | I had applied to continue full-time research following my degree course , but this had been turned down by my chief officers ; however , I had been told that assistance for part-time study would almost certainly be approved in view of the national policy of encouraging officers to extend their educational qualifications . |
| 27 | Or so I had been told . |
| 28 | I had been told about periods at primary school when I was ten years old , but apart from that , the only information I had was what I got through talking to friends at school , because some had older sisters who had already started . |
| 29 | As far as the army was concerned , I had been told in October 1945 that effectively the matter was ended with the presumption of death . |
| 30 | I had been told Chinchero was a traditional Andean market and I was interested to see the campesino culture at its most effective . |