Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] just [be] tell " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
2 | Though , ever a man to confuse her , he greeted her pleasantly , ‘ Good morning , darling , ’ and , in case she had n't got the message that the endearment was only on account of their audience , ‘ I 've just been telling my uncle that we 'll be leaving after breakfast . ’ |
3 | Er so it 's mainly erm what I 've just been telling you about cleaning all |
4 | ‘ I 've just been tellin' you how Mr Winterburn chased me all over the house when 'is fam'ly was at church one Sunday . |
5 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
6 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
7 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
8 | Rain said : ‘ Despite Barbara Coleman 's chattering and despite what I 've just been told , you 're all safe because there 's no proof about the provenance of the paintings . ’ |
9 | ‘ I 've just been told the same . |
10 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |
11 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |
12 | I 've just been told to move you , which is what I 'm doing . |
13 | I 've just been told that I will receive a grant from the Education and Library Board , which will be used to support my children and pay part of the course costs , ’ explained Nikki . |
14 | I 've just been told er to my right it 's a very large sheep . |
15 | Yes I 've just been told that . |
16 | ‘ As I have just been telling your nurse , I 'm having trouble listening to a chest . |
17 | You 've just been telling us all what a relief it was to get out of the city . ’ |
18 | Is n't that what you 've just been telling me ? |
19 | ‘ You mean that 's the monster you 've just been telling me all about ? ’ |
20 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
21 | Your back was patted ( not stabbed ) and you 've just been told to invest some company money in some brand new metal . |
22 | You 've just been told that you are to take over the job of manager for O A Z Company Limited . |
23 | Blanche absorbed the implication of what she had just been told : Mills had not betrayed Zbigniew Nowak and so could not have been murdered because of it . |
24 | She was particularly glad to see him as she had just been told she was pregnant . |
25 | ‘ You have just been telling me about the steamy heat of New York in summer — and now you 're moaning about the cold weather here in London ! ’ |
26 | If you have just been told that your child has HIV , and if this was unexpected news , the shock will be overwhelming at first . |
27 | The landlady looks like she 's just been told she 'll stay ugly for the rest of her life . |
28 | Rossythe is no different we stand to lose eighteen thousand plus training facilities for the whole of Scotland but we 've just been told of recent that a new nuclear waste dump is to be built at Rossythe could you tell us if this is a forerunner for the subject of closing Rossythe down with a loss of all these jobs ? |
29 | One more thing , if I may , we 've just been told of the government 's first response to the consultation arrangements , sorry , wrong wrong item , it 's all right . |
30 | Mr Chairman I believe I have the floor and I would also say that contrary to what we 've just been told there are people employed by what was called and three to four hundred people are employed , they 're not effected other than fifteen people , fifteen people were not effected by this statement and there are some hundred and eighty people who still work for and connected with the project . |