Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , ye how down there , boy I 'm telling you you do n't know what you lo , you townies do n't , just do n't know what work is . |
| 2 | Nicole , this is Alyssia , the young girl I was telling you about . |
| 3 | ‘ You remember the girl I was telling you about ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
| 5 | Not this dream you were telling us about , was it ? |
| 6 | ‘ He 's going to show me this museum he was telling me about . |
| 7 | Oh of course you were telling me , aye . |
| 8 | I 'm tempted at the moment I 'm telling you . |
| 9 | ‘ This is truth you 're telling me ? ’ |
| 10 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 11 | And the job he was telling her about seemed interesting and desirable . |
| 12 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 13 | And the people used to sharpen it to a point , why the Slippery Elm I do n't know , I 've often wondered about it really , but his person I 'm telling you about she she was delivered of a good healthy boy and everything was alright . |
| 14 | ‘ That policewoman I was telling you about , ’ she exclaimed over her shoulder . |
| 15 | When Gem was up here the other day she was telling us about one of them teachers who plays computer games instead of giving lessons |
| 16 | The Greens had planned to hold their 1989 rally in the Sorbonne , but at the last minute they were told they would have to go elsewhere and the only venue available at short notice was the Cité . |
| 17 | On the day he is told he has been cured , Henry receives a mysterious female visitor who introduces herself as a fellow thief . |
| 18 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 19 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
| 20 | ‘ So right from an early age I was told I was special . |
| 21 | That 's the mother 's steel I 'm telling you about . |
| 22 | A WOMAN who was told she could never have children due to a rare disease has just given birth to a daughter . |
| 23 | Your Bill nearly hit it other week he were telling me . |
| 24 | It 's enough funny man I 'm telling ya ! |
| 25 | And that old man I 'm telling you the God 's truth , I watched him when I was coming school many a time , used to go to Anglesey with a rope in his pocket here . |
| 26 | After my operation I was told I would eventually be 100 per cent fit . |
| 27 | ‘ Finally I had to tell him , I do n't understand one word you 're telling me . ’ |
| 28 | what it costs , I mean Jimmy next door he was telling us yesterday when he come to er , we , we |
| 29 | But at her door he was told he could not see her , and he realized she had not forgiven him . |
| 30 | The reason I 'm telling you all this is that not so long ago the PD scene seemed to be in decline . |