Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |
| 2 | Oh , Ken was asking us about that . |
| 3 | The Indian was telling him about this little fish that lives in the river and — you can guess the rest ! ! ! |
| 4 | Anyway our Darren came in , and I 'm gon na forget Darren came to the caravan and I was telling him about these wet sheets and beds and the mirrors done and what I was doing there and Oh he said and about the mattress he said and I said to him mattress , it 's still the same mattress . |
| 5 | and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 7 | ‘ And , say , Curtis was telling me about these things , these weird things . |
| 8 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 9 | So everybody was telling me about this so I went away over and had a look at it . |
| 10 | She teaches English , and she was telling me about this don who 's disappeared . |
| 11 | Oh yeah I I was telling you about that song was n't I . |
| 12 | I erm oh I was telling you about those till shorts ! |
| 13 | Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight . |