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
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