Example sentences of "[was/were] telling [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ By the way Bill , ’ Yanto turned enquiringly , ‘ has Bert Midgeley still got that motorbike combination you were telling me about ? ’ |
| 4 | Louise , you were telling me about Roger Clarke . |
| 5 | " What was it you were telling me about Cowslip ? |
| 6 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
| 7 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 8 | Is it you were telling me about you you you caught kids sniffing methane was it ? |
| 9 | Erm you were telling me about religion about the fact that you went to church . |
| 10 | You were telling me about your uncle . |
| 11 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 12 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 13 | Anyway , you were telling me about meals . |
| 14 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |
| 17 | I were telling you about Irene , I were filling this thing in and I put right , sixty four I were gon na put sixty four , that were it . |
| 18 | I were telling you about that sugar place , we 're doing it again . |
| 19 | In general , the answers from different types of respondent did not differ all that widely and the variations that emerged seemed , for the most part , understandable in terms of the characteristics and circumstances of the people they were telling us about , although there did seem to be a tendency for the staff of homes to put a more rosy interpretation on situations . |
| 20 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |
| 21 | Not this dream you were telling us about , was it ? |
| 22 | His crime has brought him to the extremity which Marmeladov was telling him about and tasting at the bottom of his own vodka jug in the opening pages of the novel . |
| 23 | I got some insight into this when I was telling him about my readings in Zen , and trying to explain the principles of yin and yan . |
| 24 | ‘ I was telling him about the Glory , and I said I 'd driven it over and what did he think — was he looking forward to driving it and all that — ’ She paused excitedly . |
| 25 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 26 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |
| 27 | Mm my John was in Sale on Saturday when he ran into John he was telling him about his |
| 28 | Anyway our Darren came in , and I 'm gon na forget Darren came to the caravan and I was telling him about these wet sheets and beds and the mirrors done and what I was doing there and Oh he said and about the mattress he said and I said to him mattress , it 's still the same mattress . |
| 29 | and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit . |
| 30 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |