Example sentences of "telling you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Scottish player who played under Bremner when he managed Leeds , said , ‘ Being bollocked by Billy is a bit hard to take , it 's like Dean Martin telling you stop drinking . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's hard to explain , just telling you like this . |
| 3 | They 're telling you like how much ho how to ge gauge how much money you 're gon na be able to take out on a mortgage |
| 4 | He was serious , it 's his get out from telling you to say that in the first place |
| 5 | I was tel I was telling you looking at it from another point of view last night of the What happens when you put electricity through a wire ? |
| 6 | ‘ You got governments telling you to quit farming and take a grant , and bankers telling you what to grow . |
| 7 | Er no when you erm you know that I was telling you keep your bit of used up erm sandpaper fly paper |
| 8 | and he says I 'm telling you know he says because the next twenty eight days , it 's an extra twenty eight days to go and have a look for another job |
| 9 | Retailers have a tendency to be quite selfish people wanting more and more of a product that is selling well , but cancelling an order and telling you to go away and solve your own problems when there 's a product that is n't selling well . |
| 10 | Now I 'm telling you to go , and do n't come back . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm telling you trade secrets , ’ the father said . |
| 12 | He covers himself , see , by telling you to bank the money . |
| 13 | And that means that from then on your life is n't your own , you do n't do what you want to do , you do what you believe God is telling you to do and you try to live by what the bible says and you pray about any important decision you make and then , when God has shown you what the right thing is to do , even when you 're going through very hard times , you know that you 're there because that 's where God wants you to be and that gives you faith to carry on . |
| 14 | I 'm I 'm I 'm it 's like I said to you I 'm not telling you to do it . |
| 15 | he 's telling you to do your collar up , stupid boy , eh ? |
| 16 | So you 're doing exactly what we were telling you to do a few weeks ago , that you had to er take money out of reserves or you had to cut down on the level of services if you were to avoid putting that thirty four pounds on the council tax bills this year . |
| 17 | As Theresa says , we usually try and censor them , try and say no , you know , leave that out , erm , it 's as if you had a kind of er censor sitting in your mind telling me , er telling you telling you er er , but it works with me too , erm what you can and can not say . |
| 18 | WE were the first to tip you off about Ryan Giggs , who has become a household name at Manchester United … now we 're telling you to watch out for another youngster . |
| 19 | Work out the pros and cons of what you are considering , and if your instinct is telling you to give it a try then go ahead . |
| 20 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 21 | Well , story of telling you had to do it , |
| 22 | I mean I 've even though about if I if I tell you this and you think that 's it 's going to put you you just even if you pass it on to somebody what I 'm telling you pass it on , but just and I 'll try and get the dental treatment where I can get the dental treatment . |
| 23 | The introduction screen appears ( when the game has loaded ) , telling you to press ‘ space ’ to continue . |
| 24 | ‘ I am telling you to shut up ! ’ the Trunchbull roared . |
| 25 | He was careful to approach one of the older policemen : the younger ones gave out no information , delighted in exerting their brief authority by telling you to move on . |
| 26 | Well I keep telling you to move that away from the house I said talking about your rising crime , you 're giving them a ladder to use as well ! |
| 27 | You have a look in the cupboard , I keep telling you to look in the |
| 28 | ‘ It 's no use telling you disbelieving bastards anything , but I will tell you this : The Brigade is moving out of this place tomorrow . ’ |
| 29 | I mean the communication strategy for this whole thing has got to be sorted out and , you know , we want , the leader wants staff involvement , public involvement in it erm , and erm , but I 'm just telling you advance on what 's gon na be told . |
| 30 | ‘ Mind now , Donald , ’ he put in , ‘ or Angus will be telling you to keep it down to forty-nine . |