Example sentences of "[verb] tell [noun prp] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She shrivelled inside at the thought of having to tell Maggie about the accident .
2 On top of that , no other adviser had told Alan about the provision in the 1990 Social Security Act for schemes with sufficient surpluses to use them to increase member benefits .
3 She wondered how much he had told Barney about the purpose and the result of the forensic tests .
4 Twice she 'd begun to tell Marlin about the meeting in and outside Bloomingdales ; twice she 'd re-channelled the conversation at the last moment , unable to face his benign condescension .
5 She hoped to tell Sarah about the caelidhe on Monday , but a message came that she was too ill for work .
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