Example sentences of "[was/were] telling [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike .
2 You were telling me about the common lodging houses .
3 ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’
4 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 .
5 In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel .
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