Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pers pn] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 5 | Briefly explain what the result of this experiment tells you about the function of the title in this poem ( see p. 56 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 7 | Sarah told her about the visit to St Bartholomew 's . |
| 8 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 9 | Kelly told him about the call to the weighing room , her father 's letter , the death of Broom-Parker . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose His Holiness Pope Breakspear told you about the senator 's offer , eh , Thessalonians ? |
| 11 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 12 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 13 | Then ( for each product remembered ) what did the ad tell you about the product ? |
| 14 | Instead , Mauriac tells us about the books he 's read , the painters he 's liked , the plays he 's seen . |
| 15 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 16 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you see Tamar 's face when Stephen told us about the groom — Davis , was it ? ’ |
| 18 | Luney told me about the party . |
| 19 | Eventually Connor told her about the intruders and they had agreed not to discuss the burglary in front of Danny . |
| 20 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 21 | Lucy Lane told him about the journal . |
| 22 | The old man listened as the general told him about the incident at Pulkovo Airport . |
| 23 | Since this is , in effect , as much an oblique comment on the present as a literal interpretation of the past , what such accounts tell us about the quality of village life in the past must be handled with considerable scepticism . |
| 24 | First , what does the Yugoslav experience tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of the ‘ import-led growth ’ strategy ? |
| 25 | She rang erm a le , did she tell so , did , mum tell you about the time she had erm some calls about two in the morning ? |
| 26 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 27 | The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning . |
| 28 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 29 | What does the evidence tell us about the quality and character between parents and children in Britain ? |
| 30 | Oh did n't my wife tell you about the loft ? |