Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] something about " in BNC.

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1 Erm now next week you were saying something about you 'd like one on Easter Monday , I wo n't actually be here .
2 There is the question of professional indemnity which I shall return to shortly because I think it might be helpful if the minister were to say something about that .
3 Then Travis was rousing himself and , his coffee untouched , was mumbling something about getting back to Essex .
4 Earlier on he was saying something about paint . ’
5 He was saying something about the Hamilton house , a question .
6 Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape .
7 Ward 's voice was saying something about long distance aircraft , Gómez answering him more audibly , ‘ It 's not possible .
8 " Now , I was saying something about the fish-shop on Lyons Dock .
9 But Tom said she was saying something about , you know , she liked coloured men or
10 oh Matt , right , and he was saying something about getting married and he said about bridesmaids , er have you choose the bridesmaids dresses ? , how old is she then ?
11 Oh I was saying something about that
12 Cos somebody was saying something about the la the last time they got in , it all went
13 An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge .
14 I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life .
15 Oh cos we was doing something about yous and Billy .
16 Rutherford was muttering something about a by-pass always changing a country community , as if he felt the need to apologise for the place .
17 She already felt that she was learning something about art .
18 He must have been equally surprised to see her but he recovered first , and while Rachel was still floundering to find something to say and Julie was murmuring something about hoping he would enjoy working at OBEX he said , ‘ Actually , we 've met before .
19 ‘ The whole stupid , f—ing happy idea of putting the song on the album was to say something about struggle , ’ adds Fruitbat .
20 She was babbling something about helicopters .
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