Example sentences of "[be] telling [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 2 | And are these , all these peop people you 're telling me about they would just walk around and sleep wherever they could ? |
| 3 | And while they 're telling you about it , take a close look at the finest four-seater coupé of the 'nineties . |
| 4 | For example , I 'm careful about using certain words , like ‘ frequency ’ , with younger audiences , when I 'm telling them about the owl 's unusual ‘ lopsided ’ hearing . |
| 5 | And the people used to sharpen it to a point , why the Slippery Elm I do n't know , I 've often wondered about it really , but his person I 'm telling you about she she was delivered of a good healthy boy and everything was alright . |
| 6 | It was work in the days I 'm telling you about . |
| 7 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 8 | Oh yes , oh there , aye there was , ah but these this lot that I 'm telling you about they were more or less traders . |
| 9 | That 's the mother 's steel I 'm telling you about . |
| 10 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 11 | He 'll be telling them about the pressures of being a superstar living in Hollywood ! |
| 12 | It suddenly seemed all rather a grand adventure , something I 'd one day soon be telling everyone about . |
| 13 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 14 | Well , next week , will be telling us about another one of these very controversial books , wo n't you ? |
| 15 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 16 | With a mountain upbringing , Myles Horton developed the idea of Highlander in an attempt to come to grips with the problems which were really facing the mountain people of Appalachia and the rural south , the day to day problems which these communities perceived as being obstacles to them , rather than necessarily those which planners , developers and politicians were telling them about . |
| 17 | ‘ By the way Bill , ’ Yanto turned enquiringly , ‘ has Bert Midgeley still got that motorbike combination you were telling me about ? ’ |
| 18 | Louise , you were telling me about Roger Clarke . |
| 19 | " What was it you were telling me about Cowslip ? |
| 20 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
| 21 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 22 | Is it you were telling me about you you you caught kids sniffing methane was it ? |
| 23 | Erm you were telling me about religion about the fact that you went to church . |
| 24 | You were telling me about your uncle . |
| 25 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 26 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 27 | Anyway , you were telling me about meals . |
| 28 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 29 | Er I were telling you about the pianos , in one particular terrace you could just imagine it in , what , nineteen er twenty si no , twenty seven twenty eight , and you know things were bad , you talk about the thirties , the twenties were worse than that . |
| 30 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |