Example sentences of "[adv] telling [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't sure if it was unethical , but I was only telling her what she would have discovered when she visits tonight with Alan . ’ |
| 2 | She laughed , but he was only telling her the truth . |
| 3 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 4 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 5 | I 'm only telling you this because … well , it 's obvious who killed Mills . |
| 6 | And there 's Father — OK , do n't say it , I 'm only telling you there 's FATHER , banging on the door with a fist and calling , ‘ Franz , Franz , what 's the matter with you ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only telling you these things because I like you , Claudia . |
| 8 | I 'm only telling you what he said |
| 9 | I was only telling you that I 'm going to be busy , and would n't make a good companion for you . ’ |
| 10 | , I 'm only telling you what to expect you know , when you go on holiday |
| 11 | I 'm only telling you . |
| 12 | Instead I concluded he was about as frightened of death as I am so why , in the good Lord 's name , did he get up and bore us stiff telling us different ? |
| 13 | ‘ They 're constantly telling them not to do this and not to do that , ’ she opined , curiously , at this most un-authoritarian time in our history . |
| 14 | I used to be constantly telling them to shut up |
| 15 | Stephen was constantly telling her to think before she spoke , particularly when it was none of her business . |
| 16 | Therefore , if a reviewer starts going on about something other than the game s/he is obviously telling you that the game has not really got anything different in terms of game play to offer . |
| 17 | His mother was ambitious for her boy , and her ambition took the form of constantly encouraging , rebuking and endlessly telling him how he could improve . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm fucking telling you , right ? ’ |
| 19 | Yeah I 'm fucking telling you . |
| 20 | The convicts became more and more upset , the guards were afraid , but they kept getting orders from above telling them to maintain these random violations of the equilibrium . |
| 21 | No see I must admit I wonder whether your Mum will find too much of a handful she 's already telling him off a lot you know ? |
| 22 | Livingston 's latest results are already telling us something new ; he has found that the Sun 's temperature ( and thus brightness ) reached a minimum in the summer of 1981 , but has been gradually increasing since then . |
| 23 | But I do n't let on , I 'm not telling them that . ’ |
| 24 | It is tempting to push the blame , as some young mothers do , on their own mothers for not telling them about sex and contraception . |
| 25 | Bringing your own people in here , your own scientists … and not telling them , not briefing them . |
| 26 | My friends shook their heads , and chided me for not telling them a story with a happy ending . |
| 27 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 28 | Can I no , not , not telling them what to do |
| 29 | In a statement , Mr Goddard said the ESC had apologised to the theatre for any inconvenience caused by not telling them earlier that the play would run without a break . |
| 30 | Banks have n't been pulling the wool over people 's eyes by not telling them . |