Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Heg told us about TIE 's contacts in Brazil , we wrote to them . |
| 2 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 3 | Ken told him about a trip he had made to Spain with a friend whom he called ‘ Milicent ’ . |
| 4 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 5 | Grimma told him about events in the quarry — the fight with the humans , and the stealing of Jekub the earth-mover to escape . |
| 6 | ‘ Edward told you about that ? ’ |
| 7 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 8 | Marie told him about Mr Bishop being drunk and getting himself drowned ; about Gazzer finding Madge wandering along the prom and having to take her to Mr Bishop 's brother because she was n't responsible for herself . |
| 9 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 10 | ‘ Nevil told us about your family . |
| 11 | I 'm glad Ronnie told me about her ; I wo n't feel so stupid next time ; the whole thing had a quiet dignity about it and I felt good . |
| 12 | While he fiddled with his samovar , Dr Jaffery told me about his work . |
| 13 | What had Corbett told him about her ? they asked . |
| 14 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 15 | Yeah , she erm , she turns off er I ca n't tolerate that , you know , I ca n't Jean tell you about that |
| 16 | ‘ What did Swod tell you about Zbigniew Nowak ? ’ |
| 17 | The Lady Prioress slumped wearily down on the stool as Corbett questioned her about Dame Frances ' death . |
| 18 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 19 | " Clelia told me about you . |
| 20 | And he said , oh yes , he said , Roger told me about that , he said , I did n't even know we were getting that . |
| 21 | It was just that i it was almost in passing he said , well yeah Roger told me about that . |
| 22 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 23 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 24 | Sarah told her about the visit to St Bartholomew 's . |
| 25 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 26 | Ward told him about the two diversions below Chilete and the need to switch to the old road that ran along the lip of the gorge . |
| 27 | Kelly told him about the call to the weighing room , her father 's letter , the death of Broom-Parker . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose His Holiness Pope Breakspear told you about the senator 's offer , eh , Thessalonians ? |
| 29 | Is that the day Jane asked them about the pension , how much there 'd |
| 30 | MICK CLEARY asked him about his future , his captaincy of Quins and his rivals . |