Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
| 3 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 4 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 5 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 6 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 9 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 10 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 11 | Er well Mark remember I was telling you about the boss that the two there the other night they give er a , a wage rise |
| 12 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 13 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |