Example sentences of "telling me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
| 2 | I remembered other things , too , things she 'd insisted upon telling me later — all sorts of unlovely details . |
| 3 | There was a note telling me both Jack and Pat , his wife , were out and could I feed his hens . |
| 4 | ‘ First of all why do n't you start by telling me just exactly what it was that upset you today ? ’ |
| 5 | Colin were telling me today . |
| 6 | Maureen was telling me today that erm he erm too , she took it to the garage and there was two bills laying on the table , one were for two hundred and sixty odd and were four hundred and seventy some odd |
| 7 | My mother would never have left me without telling me when she would be back . |
| 8 | She 's always telling me when I do things wrong and she is always right . ’ |
| 9 | I was therefore concentrating very hard on what he was telling me when we both became aware of a sudden change in the atmosphere of the main office outside . |
| 10 | ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ . |
| 11 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 12 | As the housekeeper hurried away Luce asked dazedly , ‘ Would you mind telling me why I require a coat and a bag ? ’ |
| 13 | Then I 'd wonder why people kept telling me not to take it and conclude that they just wanted to keep it all for themselves . |
| 14 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 15 | Mike was there every day , being nice to me and telling me not to worry about anything , he 'd found this flat and his mother was seeing to furnishing it and they were making arrangements for the wedding . |
| 16 | I had been remembering another rose garden lit by shafts of lightning and somebody telling me not to be afraid and to go to sleep . |
| 17 | Hugo Brassard keeps telling me not to give up hope . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're telling me not to interfere , are n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Would you mind telling me where you have just been , and where you are going ? ’ |
| 20 | Somehow , Rob did n't get around to telling me where . |
| 21 | Before you go , would you mind telling me where you 're staying ? ’ |
| 22 | They know that , unless I am very fortunate , the only chance I 'll have to catch them is the moment in which they take the ransom , and they know equally well that you wo n't risk your daughter 's life by telling me where that 's going to happen . |
| 23 | Mm I wonder if you would start of by telling me where you were born ? |
| 24 | I just like , I just like , I know places , like I was told when I was meeting the girls yesterday , I did n't know what road I was going on I was just telling like , people names of the pubs and luckily this , like , bloke behind me getting on the bus , said oh you need a like , a seventy P or something and that 's when I knew where I was going and everyone 's like telling me where to get off , everyone gestures to me . |
| 25 | Clifton Hospital is vast , set in well-tended grounds with beautiful lawns , but I spotted notices everywhere telling me sternly ‘ No Dogs ’ . |
| 26 | And Mum 's always telling me off for doing things wrong . |
| 27 | Telling me off . |
| 28 | ‘ Dad 's always telling me off about watching too much TV . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you telling me off ? ’ enquired Lydia goodhumouredly . |
| 30 | Telling me off for |