Example sentences of "[was/were] tell [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	‘ 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 .
8	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 .
9	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 .
10	He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days .
11	‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’
12	I was telling you about the Queen Mary .
13	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
14	In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel .
15	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 .
16	Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the

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