Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] tell [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
| 2 | I asked the doctor about Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb , and soon the doctor was telling us about the civil war and the accounts given of it by Bernier and Manucci . |
| 3 | A senior man in the Ministry of Defence was telling us of the ‘ battle for hearts and minds ’ which his department is conducting among the people of the border villages . |
| 4 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
| 5 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |