Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial .
2 and I told him about the , him taking the wagon off me , he said that 's bloody stupid that cos Nick used to do my run , work it out for me
3 That 's it yeah , and erm I was erm Wally and Gordon and he thinks there 's another couple you see , so I said well , you know , and I told him about the heater you see and he know , I said when people sitting on their backsides in committee making decisions , I said , you know , I said it just makes me bloody well annoyed , he said I know he said they do n't , they , they make the decisions and , but they do n't do the nitty gritty , they you know
4 Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools .
5 She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt .
6 And I told her about the timeslips , and how I had found myself back in her time .
7 And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’
8 They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be .
9 I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’
10 And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’
11 He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through .
12 Yeah , cos we was there in the August , they were n't , we moved in , in the July , there , and the girls were , Matthew was just four , cos just as we moved in our dad took Matthew to Hungary with him , it was like , it was like they were going on the following Wednesday , and he told me on the Friday , he came in on the Friday night , they planned , it was our dad , Crystal and Danielle , Crystal and Danielle , but she said even if I go out in the middle of .
13 good descriptive booklet and it tells you on the back , in actual fact I 've got some handouts here which you can pick up when we 've finished the talk , okay ?
14 So it , it , it 's a , it goes much beyond merely a kind of er , cliche , of saying , all people can be sometimes good or people can be sometimes bad , and it tells you about the specific way in which this th this comes about .
15 But I told him about the telly that it 's a bit beyond redemption .
16 But I told you on the phone did n't I , it rained and
17 But you tell them about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ . ’
18 He had not seen the kings but he told her of the baby who was born to be King in a nearby village called Bethlehem .
19 but it tells you on the thing , it , a white thing with a line through it
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