Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] i about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were telling me about a party . ’ |
| 2 | And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike . |
| 3 | You were telling me about the common lodging houses . |
| 4 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | you was telling me about a suit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |