Example sentences of "telling me i " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You will recall , however , that before you vanished from our lives you entrusted me with the notes you had kept while working on the Big Glass and the Green Box , telling me I could do what I liked with them , and adding , in your usual sensitive way , that I could always use them to wipe my arse if the paper decided to sack me and I found myself really hard up . |
| 2 | Bernie laid right into me , telling me I was stupid for losing them . |
| 3 | ‘ My supporters in Birkenhead have been telling me I should not be in a mood to compromise , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you telling me I 'm in your way now or something ? ’ |
| 5 | There is no use in telling me I shall soon be running up mountains . |
| 6 | But what really brought it to light was your letter telling me I was contemptible and that you washed your hands of me ! |
| 7 | ‘ Are you telling me I put you off ? ’ |
| 8 | People keep coming in and telling me I 'm doing wonderfully — but where 's the baby ? |
| 9 | H. P. I remember one time , the inspector coming round — we did n't always see eye-to-eye — telling me I had n't polished my buttons . |
| 10 | Neighbours and friends keep telling me I look slim … . |
| 11 | The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill . |
| 12 | NEW guys have been telling me I was too old . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 14 | When I got home I found , among the mountain of letters ( mainly telling me I had filled in a blue form when it should have been a yellow one or asking for information I had already given ) , one from the BBC asking me to get in touch with the Punters office in Bristol as soon as possible . |
| 15 | She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day . |
| 16 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 17 | From what you 've been telling me I should n't think she did ? ’ |
| 18 | And , did continue to get professional help after that , but I think she was actually one of the factors that sent me further down , by telling me I looked well ! |
| 19 | Then suddenly Dick 's telling me I 've passed it . ’ |
| 20 | I took my inhaler with me , and they took it off me , telling me I used it to make myself high . |
| 21 | I 've got those " whisper how I 'm better than I think , but what do you know ? " feelings , That " why do you keep telling me I stink when I adore you " feeling . |
| 22 | Do n't imagine you can flatter me by telling me I 'm not really a feminist , because I am , and I find your denials extremely insulting . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've only had twelve hours ’ flying instruction and flown one solo — never even frightened a German — but people keep telling me I 've saved Britain . |
| 24 | ‘ People are always telling me I am brave to ‘ expose ’ myself in the way I do . |
| 25 | Are you telling me I 'm wasting my time trying to get through this mental barrier of yours ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ First you try to disarm me by offering to pay half the fare and now you 're telling me I 'm allowed to despise a criminal . ’ |
| 27 | When I received your ‘ phone call telling me I had won I was dumbfounded . |
| 28 | I do nt think so Steve , I 've just had mail from the postmaster at Oxford telling me I ca n't send mail , and to subscribe to the list ! ! |
| 29 | ‘ Are you telling me I might get bounced ? ’ |
| 30 | There was Mrs Richards telling me I ought to take vitamins . |