Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [was/were] tell [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyhow , if I was to tell you all the ships I was in , you 'd want a sheet o' paper as long as this house . ’ |
| 2 | If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies |
| 3 | And she came in and she was telling us all about it , and another woman who was there , she was the one who , she went over and sat beside here and said , Oh never mind and , You know we we we 'll get it sorted out , and , You 're better off without him . |
| 4 | She cocked her head slightly to one side , staring at Corbett , a slight smile on her lips as if he was telling her some merry jest or interesting tale . |
| 5 | Oh , but she was telling me that down in Belfast everybody took , they used to say to her , fuck off Margot ! |
| 6 | And as she was say as she was telling us this the door bell went . |