Example sentences of "told [pers pn] about [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If you had told me about that when I was a child , I would n't have believed you . |
2 | I was remembering what my father had told me about other conquering heroes who had tried to attack the great bear . |
3 | So — what is it you have n't told me about this man ? ’ |
4 | ‘ You still have n't told me about this evidence you have against me , ’ Claudia said with an assumed air of indifference . |
5 | One of the Kirkwoods from Woodbrook had told me about these wondrous isles , where fiddlers played Gaelic melodies to fisherfolk who danced on the quayside . |
6 | ‘ It 's like so many things you 've told me about these murders , robberies and the rape . |
7 | He said : ‘ They have told me about these steps they have taken to check this out and I 'm really delighted with their attitude . |
8 | Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in . |
9 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
10 | I 've told you about all I can tell you . |
11 | Have I already told you about that one ? |
12 | Charlotte do n't put pens in your mouth , I 've told you about that before |
13 | Have I told you about that ? |
14 | He stabled the horses near those allotments where I 've just told you about ny father had allotments . |
15 | One of my dealers has told you about these … shares . |
16 | I have told you about ten times I have not got a pen . |
17 | I 've told you about this , have n't I ? ’ |
18 | Has n't anyone told you about this ? ’ he added , with a spark of genuine surprise . |
19 | ‘ I expect they 've already told you about those . ’ |
20 | And when I 've expanded and I 've told you then I then come back to my ending and I say , okay so what I 've done I 've told you about three aspects of flying , about the safety of it , ab about the costs involved in taking part in flying and about the enjoyment you 're gon na get out of flying and I hope that I 've persuaded you that you will come along on Saturday to take part , and that 's the ending . |
21 | His grandad had told him about that , years later , when he was about fifteen . |
22 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
23 | I 've told him about that . |
24 | He wished the coroner had told him about this ! |
25 | Mitch looked stunned and she felt an incredible burst of guilt that she had not told him about this girl 's problem . |
26 | You 've told him about this |
27 | Or had Roman told him about last night ? |
28 | And why had he told her about that unlocked door ? |
29 | ‘ Yes , of course , Flick has been going it lately — her letters have been awfully scrappy , but she 's told us about all the dancing and bridge , and that Russian prince with the name like a hiccup who takes her all over the place . |