Example sentences of "[was/were] tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 2 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 3 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 4 | I asked the doctor about Dara Shukoh and Aurangzeb , and soon the doctor was telling us about the civil war and the accounts given of it by Bernier and Manucci . |
| 5 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
| 6 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |