Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The bit I liked best , ’ says Phil , ‘ was when you prodded the pig and told it about the unfairness of micro-organisms . |
| 2 | Princess Marie Louise went to the Queen and told her about the scheme . |
| 3 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 4 | Fiver came into the warren and told us about the snare , and that poor Bigwig — " |
| 5 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 6 | Sensing it , she changed the subject and told him about the Tissot exhibition . |
| 7 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 8 | So I got up early and went to the judge 's house and told him about the monster . |