Example sentences of "[subord] i [was/were] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 2 | And it was n't the rope , it was a pair of fancy stockin 's that they dish out , so I was told . ’ |
| 3 | Nobody I had spoken to in the train , or on the ferry , had ever visited Moila , which must support , so I was told by one slow-spoken Highlander , no more than thirty folk in all . |
| 4 | The people who lived here moved away a couple of years ago , so I was told . |
| 5 | My milk did n't seem to be coming through so I was told to stuff myself with rich food and carbohydrates . |
| 6 | ‘ So I was told by one of the instructors at the camp . ’ |
| 7 | Once I was told to cut to ground level everything in the border , which I did . |
| 8 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 9 | If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration . |
| 10 | As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead . |
| 11 | But if I were to tell anyone … . |
| 12 | ‘ If I were to tell you ’ , I said , trying to look each one of them in the eye , which is not an easy thing to do with ninety-odd people , ‘ that Wimbledon was being invaded by alien beings from another planet , you would probably laugh and call me a lunatic . |
| 13 | If I were told to-morrow , ‘ You can have a united Ireland if you give up your idea of restoring the national language to be the spoken language of the majority of the people ’ , I would , for myself , say no . |
| 14 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 15 | There 's enough examples of that and you read , the most peculiar thing I , I think I was telling , I do n't know if I was telling Iris I have a notion I had , had it in my mind to tell you and you turned up with this blind girl to do this M C |
| 16 | Anyhow , if I was to tell you all the ships I was in , you 'd want a sheet o' paper as long as this house . ’ |
| 17 | If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies |
| 18 | Well , how would you feel if I was to tell you that within the policy it was possible that the sum could be paid , it might even be paid up before death . |
| 19 | I would not make an offer if I was told a player was not for sale . |
| 20 | I just did n't know it was as much of a tribute as it was until I was told … rather abruptly ! |
| 21 | I 've thought about it , ’ said Nikos , ‘ but I was keeping to surveillance until I was told otherwise . ’ |
| 22 | So , like I was telling you , I 'm a detective and I 'm here on a case . |
| 23 | Cos I was telling her that you bought one she said oh why did n't you tell her , she could have had mine . |
| 24 | Yeah Geoff was saying something , bloody hell make it last longer cos I was telling you I says ooh not Coalite it 's briquettes he said |
| 25 | It 's a bit of a bummer really but you know when you 've got it on and you 're talking , cos I was telling jokes and you get carried away and you start thinking wah and you start telling all the jokes and everything there 's a , a lot of swearing on this tape , a lot of swearing , a lot of swearing . |
| 26 | Cos I was telling them that we were sick of seeing the rain and that . |
| 27 | Cos I was telling the children . |
| 28 | Because I was telling Mary to see what she says do n't tell them she says , that your she says , do n't tell them that your windows are steamed up , she says , before you get the double glazing in . |
| 29 | I failed to get my case for a share of his property and savings heard because I was told the courts do n't recognise a common-law wife . |
| 30 | which I was , which I was very worried about because I was told it was a substitute for sex |