Example sentences of "[pers pn] was telling [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was telling her about our need of somewhere to meet , and she said she would love to help us but that Mr. Olinton would n't hear of it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 4 | I was telling her about |
| 5 | I got some insight into this when I was telling him about my readings in Zen , and trying to explain the principles of yin and yan . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | and I was telling them about that Indian or Asian doctor at the City Hospital in the Maternity unit . |
| 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 was telling them at school . |
| 11 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's the name of the worm I was telling you about , ’ said Preston , ‘ the one that lives in canine excreta . |
| 13 | ‘ That policewoman I was telling you about , ’ she exclaimed over her shoulder . |
| 14 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 15 | " It 's one of the things I was telling you about . |
| 16 | we , we worked in my shop , that 's what I was telling you about . |
| 17 | Nicole , this is Alyssia , the young girl I was telling you about . |
| 18 | ‘ I played it in the house that I was telling you about . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You remember the girl I was telling you about ? |
| 20 | Besides , I 'll have to oh that er garden party I was telling you about |
| 21 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
| 22 | I erm oh I was telling you about those till shorts ! |
| 23 | And you know she said that er I was telling you about ? |
| 24 | But I had a lot to drink and that 's that time I was telling you about . |
| 25 | Oh yeah I I was telling you about that song was n't I . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | However , I was telling you of Mr Ballantyne . |
| 28 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 29 | When Rebecca Kraemer remarked , as the last murmurs of the slow movement died away , that it was such a pity the conductor was still following the now-discredited Haas edition , she was telling everyone within earshot — which included half the audience — everything that Alison could have wanted them to know but naturally would n't have dreamt of mentioning herself . |
| 30 | So she held back on her questioning , though she somehow found that she was telling him of her love of music and how Janáček 's lively sixth movement was one of her particular favourites . |