Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] him about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another potential voter starts to tell him about the car that went through his garden wall . |
| 2 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 3 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 4 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 5 | Got to tell him about the party . |
| 6 | His colleagues , relieved to find something to talk about , began questioning him about the case . |
| 7 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 8 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 9 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 10 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 11 | His Mum must have persuaded him about the parrot . |
| 12 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 13 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 14 | I had hoped to intervene to ask him about the extent of the Bill , but he sat down very rapidly at the end of his speech . |
| 15 | However , he did ask him about the crew , particularly those on the Santa Maria . |
| 16 | She wondered if she dared ask him about the coccolith and God . |
| 17 | I 've quizzed him about the noise , but he says he 's never heard it — well of course he has n't , he 's fast asleep ! |
| 18 | Glancing at him , she was tempted to tease him about the sugar he had borrowed earlier , but if she did that it would amount to a tacit admission that he was right about her behaviour . |
| 19 | Huddle had told him about the rogue , turning up in his garish garments and standing on the church steps , offering to sell pardons to those who could afford them . |
| 20 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 21 | Chopra had told him about the changes transforming the planet , but the shapechanger just smiled knowingly . |
| 22 | What they had told him about the paper was ‘ positively negative ’ — an endless list of what the paper was not going to do , rather than what it was going to do . |
| 23 | He first acquired a great deal of Gilbert and Sullivan , because his father was keen on the Savoy operas , but eventually John turned to ballet music because of the tales his parents had told him about the Diaghilev Ballet . |
| 24 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 25 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 26 | He could n't bring himself to believe what Ace had told him about the TARDIS 's ability to move . |
| 27 | She had asked him about the planet . |
| 28 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 29 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 30 | I wanted to ask him about the room , if anyone has cancelled . |