Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] " 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 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 10 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 12 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 13 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 14 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 15 | you was telling me about a suit . |
| 16 | The point that I want to reiterate here , before extending this concept of structure theoretically , is that in the drama process the surface meaning of the event , the meaning which in fact would play a large part if we were to tell it as a story — ‘ And the townsfolk listened to the Government representative and they had to come to a decision ’ — may not provide the required game structure . |
| 17 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |
| 18 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 19 | He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead . |
| 20 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 21 | I thought he was telling us about a mountain he climbed . |