Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [pron] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 2 | He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead . |
| 3 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 4 | I thought he was telling us about a mountain he climbed . |
| 5 | Our session started out as a posed picture for the photographer but in the end I was showing the former world champion my favourite trick shot — jumping the white over two reds into the middle pocket — and he was advising me about the exact position of the white and then how to pull off one of those complicated round-the-table shots . |
| 6 | He was saying something about the Hamilton house , a question . |