Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] him about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I teach him about indie music and he teaches me about dance . |
| 2 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
| 3 | I tell him about the whisky story and the chill-filtering and the colouring but he already seems to know it all . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I tell him about you . |
| 7 | ‘ If I tell him about Tim at least he 'll have a sensible line of enquiry . ’ |
| 8 | I tell him about the old garage under the arches . |
| 9 | I tell him about the cramps , feeling like a child who has fallen and cut herself , demanding sympathy . |
| 10 | So I tell him about the search for her , and he sits and listens . |
| 11 | I ask him about his days as a commodities broker on Wall Street — Koons spent his days as a struggling artist working on Wall Street rather than starving in a garret — and he directed his answer to Ilona , because the anecdote shows the charming , apple-pie side of his nature . |
| 12 | Well , you can fetch my partner and I a stoop of liquor , angel-face , while I warn him about you . |
| 13 | I tease him about his prejudice . |
| 14 | He 's the biggest gossip in the Club so be careful what you tell him about me . |
| 15 | And if you tell him about it he tu , he 's in a rock band . |