Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] about the " 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 so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 3 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 4 | And then er I were telling you about the er where the marshes was n't I . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
| 7 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 11 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 17 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
| 18 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |