Example sentences of "were [verb] [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 . |