Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] about [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were telling me about your uncle . |
| 2 | You were telling me about your husband . ’ |
| 3 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 4 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 5 | How difficult was it Mandy to think when Jenny was asking you about your holiday ? |
| 6 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For whatever that small voice of intuition was telling her about her destiny , common-sense decreed that the Prince already had a full hand of potential suitors . |
| 9 | I was telling her about our need of somewhere to meet , and she said she would love to help us but that Mr. Olinton would n't hear of it . |
| 10 | Do you know , yesterday he was telling me about his past . |