Example sentences of "telling me [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you mind telling me what wages you paid him ? ’ |
| 2 | All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him . |
| 3 | Someone telling me what to eat , and how much . |
| 4 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 5 | P. I wanted to get into something where there was no-one telling me what to do all the time . |
| 6 | ‘ You , ’ he answered , ‘ because you 're always telling me what to do . ’ |
| 7 | Having spent 7 years mastering the fine art of playing the violin , Bernard , feeling creatively stifled by ‘ middle aged people telling me what I was doing wrong ’ , chose to change his instrument after hearing Johnny Marr on the first Smiths records . |
| 8 | Do you mind telling me what method you 're using ? ’ |
| 9 | He was always taking me to one side , telling me what I should and should n't do . |
| 10 | ‘ You can start by telling me what they 're saying now , ’ said Masklin . |
| 11 | Nobody was telling me what a terrific body I have . |
| 12 | Lamb himself commented : ‘ I 've had England players on the phone telling me what 's in the Mirror before I 've had time to go out and buy the paper . |
| 13 | I AM sick of Mary Whitehouse and other so-called do-gooders telling me what I should be allowed to watch on television . |
| 14 | My grandmother is a keen birdwatcher and she 'd already introduced me to a lot of the different birds that visited her bird-table , telling me what they ate and showing me their nests and explaining how they were made and what they were made of . |
| 15 | He was matter-of-fact about it , as if he were telling me what time it was . |
| 16 | You know I mean you er er it 's al I , I think the same would happen if you put a five note in inside it would get thrown out with the rubbish but erm the thing is that obviously some , some early day , if one can say in inverted commas early day publicity erm from the Northumberland side of things could a and I mean my view when , when Ros was telling me what happened at the last meeting erm was that was gon na be acting as an icebreaker as opposed waiting till the last minute somebody 's gon na and they think erm as it were , a and build up from , from that because there 's obviously gon na be one or two other things coming directly from national level . |
| 17 | I 'm through with you and Gran always telling me what you want , what you expect me to be … . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe you can start telling me what this is all about , Rohmer ? ’ said Cardiff . |
| 19 | You 're not telling me what to do , and you 're not keeping Devlin here . ’ |
| 20 | Some children will instantly start building houses or cars , telling me what they 're doing , and I know immediately that toys are not just for children , but for sharing with parents . |
| 21 | Mind you these was instructions from the office to me , telling me what I , what they wanted and I had to carry it out . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're wasting your breath telling me what you want done with Harbury . |
| 23 | What 's the point of telling me what I should have done ? |
| 24 | ‘ I wish you would stop telling me what to do , ’ she complained , reaching for the cup and sipping slowly . |
| 25 | ‘ Will you stop telling me what I can and can not do ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 27 | I do n't want to listen to any more of the media speculation telling me what 's happening to our union . |
| 28 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 29 | Would you mind very much telling me what you have brought ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're telling me what ? ’ |