Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 2 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 3 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself . |
| 6 | In 1965 , his friend Roman Polanski started telling him about a beautiful French girl that ‘ I would be mad for . |
| 7 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 8 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 9 | Brian refused to reveal who had approached him about the royal job . |
| 10 | Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group . |
| 11 | To comfort her desolation and guilt Rachel had told her about the Mongolian desert , where she had been as a little girl , hardly older than Maggie was now , to look for dragons , which she called dinosaurs , and where years later Russian palaeontologists had found the great fossil eggs in which the sleeping baby dinosaurs could still be seen . |
| 12 | Iain reported that Tim Moulds had informed him about the present situation . |
| 13 | Ossie wanted to ask him about the two gentlemen of Verona . |
| 14 | She wanted to say that not only was that ridiculous but it was dangerous , she wanted to tell him about the frightening minutes in the maze of old Nice . |