Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] about [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 2 | I were telling you about that sugar place , we 're doing it again . |
| 3 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 5 | She teaches English , and she was telling me about this don who 's disappeared . |
| 6 | Oh yeah I I was telling you about that song was n't I . |
| 7 | Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight . |