Example sentences of "was telling [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |
4 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
7 | ‘ He was telling me about the Russian visit . ’ |
8 | I was telling you about the Queen Mary . |
9 | 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 |
10 | A senior man in the Ministry of Defence was telling us of the ‘ battle for hearts and minds ’ which his department is conducting among the people of the border villages . |
11 | In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |