Example sentences of "[verb] us about the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He is a zealous Cassandra , frantically warning us about the Trojan Horse of Monsieur Delors 's federalism .
2 Doreen 's letter told us about the mysterious sickness .
3 He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) .
4 Tell us about the real reason you are here. , ‘ Why do n't you ask Benstede ? ’
5 These studies tell us about the broad pattern of movement between school and work .
6 Well looking at the individual breeds of animals that we 've got here , tell us about the basic breed line that you you keep on the farm here .
7 What does this survey of the impact of the second wave tell us about the likely impact of the third wave in the 1990s and the consequences for developing managers ?
8 I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes .
9 Residuals can tell us about the general level of variability of data over and above that accounted for by the fit ; we can judge atypical behaviour against this variability , as measured , for example , by the midspread of the residuals .
10 The House will be interested to hear from another Scottish Labour Member of Parliament who will not tell us about the Labour party 's policy on Ravenscraig .
11 All you have to do is tell us about the worst computer nightmare you 've ever had .
12 What do these syndromes tell us about the language-processing system as it exists in intact brains ?
13 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 .
14 In English , Miss J. was telling us about the Blessed Damozel .
15 We hope that you will be able to tell us about the personal side . ’
16 Far from being unimportant , the study of administration and institutions has much to tell us about the increasing effectiveness of the state and central government in an aspect of government growing more important with every passing year .
17 For example , historical materialism may have a lot to tell us about the political economy of immigrant labour and the unequal exchange between metropolitan capitalism and the third world , but it has proved quite incapable of grasping the micro-foundations of racist ideologies .
18 Yes , and I remember the tanks moving down Whitehall ; or at any rate I remember the picture I had of them in my head as Tilly Tilling , in the middle of a history class , suddenly began to tell us about the military putsch that was coming .
19 Helen do you want to tell us about the next stage ?
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