Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 2 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 3 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 4 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 5 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 6 | They treated him like one of them , complimenting him on his astuteness , until he began to genuinely believe that it was he who had selected Node Check , that he was an expert on account trading before he 'd learned anything about the stock market in general . |
| 7 | She 'd been close to panicking when Jeff had phoned her about the Sardinia stint . |
| 8 | A sheet of rain had come down then , a hard , gusty shower , while they were laying the squares of turf back in place , and Adam had said something about the rain making the grass grow quickly , the rain being on their side . |
| 9 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 10 | Huddle had told him about the rogue , turning up in his garish garments and standing on the church steps , offering to sell pardons to those who could afford them . |
| 11 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 12 | Chopra had told him about the changes transforming the planet , but the shapechanger just smiled knowingly . |
| 13 | What they had told him about the paper was ‘ positively negative ’ — an endless list of what the paper was not going to do , rather than what it was going to do . |
| 14 | He first acquired a great deal of Gilbert and Sullivan , because his father was keen on the Savoy operas , but eventually John turned to ballet music because of the tales his parents had told him about the Diaghilev Ballet . |
| 15 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 16 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 17 | He could n't bring himself to believe what Ace had told him about the TARDIS 's ability to move . |
| 18 | Something Neil had told me about the island . |
| 19 | This came as something of a surprise , for nothing Victor Saunders had told me about the Priut refuge quite prepared me for my first sight of this three-storey silver sausage — an amazing futuristic construction with a dining room that looks out on a wonderland of peaks , and with some four-bedded dormitories which , if you 're lucky enough to be allocated one , ensures a degree of comfort far different from alpine-style overcrowding . |
| 20 | ‘ You can get out now if you want to , ’ he said , after he had told her about the phone call to Coy . |
| 21 | Mrs Moore had n't understood much of what Sister Duggan had told her about the recurrence of fluid and the aspiration that was again necessary . |
| 22 | Amaranth had repeated enough of what Harvey had told her about the motorway to make it worthwhile telephoning his partner in Arden to make local inquiries . |
| 23 | Forcing her mind away from what Rune had told her about the time he 'd spent with Lotta and how the relationship had evaporated with only the bitter dregs left in evidence , she allowed it to dwell on how they 'd spent the rest of the day . |
| 24 | Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter ? |
| 25 | He had told her about the cannabis bed a few days ago when they had been walking in the garden and her eyes had widened in shock . |
| 26 | She said several local residents had contacted her about the application submitted to the council by Anchor International . |
| 27 | He said that he had contacted Eyadema , who was away from Lomé , and that the president had assured him that he had known nothing about the attempt . |
| 28 | Mr Koc said he had known nothing about the advertisement . |
| 29 | Mr Koc said he had known nothing about the advertisement . |
| 30 | A tiny dignified man wearing a cloak and headdress , they had thought him both tragic and romantic but had known nothing about the background of the struggle . |