Example sentences of "[adv] i [be] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not . |
2 | Oh so I was telling you erm |
3 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
4 | Anyway I was told it had to finish in thirteen weeks . |
5 | A couple of days later I was telling my sister over the phone how short of money I was . |
6 | And when I took him out I 'm telling you I was just telling Angela , my dad went |
7 | I told the Customs officers and now I 'm telling you — I knew nothing about the heroin . ’ |
8 | Now I 'm telling you to go , and do n't come back . |
9 | No but Cassie now I 'm telling you now |
10 | Well I was told you had to get there before half past five . |
11 | And I said well I was told she was ill so I said I wo n't ring her up then but I was thinking of ringing you up but will you be alright hopefully for next Friday ? |
12 | Well I 'm telling you they stuck it they had a sort of flat bottomed cart and they used to stick it in and when they came there they , they lifted it off and stuck it in the ground and it was just similar to that only it was hooped |
13 | Well I 'm telling you . |
14 | Yes , well I 'm telling you it is , . |
15 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |
16 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
17 | Here I am told I 'm free , I 'm the equal of everyone , fair play is the name of the game . |
18 | Ah You 've got to have eyes in the back of your head here I 'm telling ya . |
19 | Gail , who is also looking forward to the birth of her first baby in November , said : ‘ We have just come back from two wet weeks in Bournemouth and said we could do with spoiling ourselves with a stay in a luxury hotel then I was told I had won — it 's amazing. , ’ |
20 | I did not see why he should have piano lessons when I was told I was too young ; so I hid behind the curtains and listened to what he was being taught . |
21 | I would say from the point where I was told on the radio that the officers were entering the premises to the point where I was told everybody was secured , could not be more than four five minutes . |
22 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
23 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
24 | ‘ That also is why I am telling you this . |
25 | ‘ I do n't know why I am telling you all this . ’ |
26 | But I do n't know why I 'm telling you this , because you 're going to do exactly what you want to anyway . ’ |
27 | " That 's why I 'm telling you , " he said , " because you 're my darling Nico 's greatest friend . " |
28 | I do n't know why I 'm telling you all this . |
29 | Oh they could n't si , yeah do n't forget yo , well I do n't know why I 'm telling you , but , you know your ri , your age range . |