Example sentences of "[noun pl] tell [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Hunter , secretary of the NALGO Pro-Life Group , at a recent meeting of NALGO supporters told of the disgraceful waste of union resources which are used to prop up the national Abortion Campaign , to which NALGO is affiliated . |
| 2 | Eye-witness accounts by British journalists told of the unprovoked and apparently indiscriminate shooting of civilians by British soldiers . |
| 3 | Both books tell of the extremes a man will go to obtain the object of his desire , and how despite all his efforts , neither hero succeeds ultimately . |
| 4 | Eyewitnesses told of the horror as shrapnel rained down on shoppers from two devices placed in cast-litter bins less than ten yards apart . |
| 5 | Paul looked down the road to where distant lights told of the approach of the bus . |
| 6 | It is a pity that Berger inserts passages told by the girl , which do not fit . |
| 7 | The jokes told about the Irish in England are told about the Belgians in France . |
| 8 | Reception children are used to stories told in the form of consecutive images through comic strips ; they 're also familiar with " freeze frame " on video . |
| 9 | At last week 's meeting members took a trip down memory lane with Ron Beach , who had many fascinating stories to tell about the village — and he also prompted a few reminiscences from others who had tales to tell . |
| 10 | Probably she would have a good few stories to tell about the world they had come from . |
| 11 | Many are the tales telling of the intelligence and concern shown by creatures of the animal kingdom . |
| 12 | John has some mysterious tales to tell about the castle : ‘ Visitors often say that they can smell newly-baked bread in the drawing room in the eastern tower . |
| 13 | All of us , I am sure , have tales to tell of the anguish and alienation that exists between parents and children . |
| 14 | Moray and Robert Stewart had similar tales to tell of the poor leadership and rash foolishness at Halidon Hill , although being themselves young and inexperienced they did not see it in quite the same terms as had the veteran Keith . |
| 15 | But that last round of 18 pars told in the end . |
| 16 | He has heard about the ‘ Hello curse ’ , where loving couples tell in the glossy how good life is together … and immediately head for a break-up . |
| 17 | There followed an outpouring of letters from Caroline and her daughters telling of the behaviour and convalescence of ‘ the most perfect Hero that ever breathed ’ . |