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 .
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