Example sentences of "was [verb] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
2 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
6 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
12 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
13 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
14 | 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 |
15 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |