Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In illustration of the absurdity of this ‘ scientific ’ arrogance , and teaching a lesson which is just as applicable today , he appeals to a story Gassendi told about a friend who watched a fight between a louse and a flea through a microscope .
2 BRAVE singer Olivia Newton-John told of the nightmare day she learned she had cancer just hours after her father died .
3 The story Sam tells about the frog is sad because it 's true … ’
4 Reverend Brian Smith told of the reaction at Lyneham as the extent of the tragedy became clear
5 In the first volume of ‘ The Impossible Dream ’ Peter King told of the rescue and repair of the Duke taking the story through to 1985 and in the second volume he tells of the return to steam culminating in the blue riband run over the Settle and Carlisle in September 1990 .
6 Teesside counsellor Cricket Kemp tells of a couple who suffered from just a simple misunderstanding .
7 Keith Richards tells with a mixture of jealousy and amazement the story that the guitar classes John Lee conducts at home are entirely made up of young girls .
8 John Rhys tells of a fenoderee who was given a suit of clothes ; so disgusted was he with this ‘ bribe ’ that he placed a curse on the family for each item .
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