Example sentences of "[adv] i [be] telling " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent . |
| 2 | So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not . |
| 3 | Oh so I was telling you erm |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | And also I was telling |
| 6 | A couple of days later I was telling my sister over the phone how short of money I was . |
| 7 | And when I took him out I 'm telling you I was just telling Angela , my dad went |
| 8 | I told the Customs officers and now I 'm telling you — I knew nothing about the heroin . ’ |
| 9 | Now I 'm telling you to go , and do n't come back . |
| 10 | No but Cassie now I 'm telling you now |
| 11 | Well I was telling dad that at work Mark 's just got like two speaker things . |
| 12 | Well I 'm telling , that 's what I 'm trying to tell you . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Well I 'm telling you . |
| 15 | Yes , well I 'm telling you it is , . |
| 16 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Ah You 've got to have eyes in the back of your head here I 'm telling ya . |
| 19 | or not , cos she 'll think I 'm lying , I was but you know , I was n't I was telling the truth |
| 20 | Even my hesitation is part of that open and honest act I usually put on when I 'm telling a lie . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
| 22 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
| 23 | ‘ That also is why I am telling you this . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know why I am telling you all this . ’ |
| 25 | But I do n't know why I 'm telling you this , because you 're going to do exactly what you want to anyway . ’ |
| 26 | " That 's why I 'm telling you , " he said , " because you 're my darling Nico 's greatest friend . " |
| 27 | I do n't know why I 'm telling you all this . |
| 28 | 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 . |