Example sentences of "[vb past] tell [pers pn] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You promised to tell me all about it . |
| 2 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 3 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 4 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 5 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 6 | If you 'd told me all those years ago , I would have grown up with the idea of another mother , perhaps miles away , perhaps just around the corner . |
| 7 | There was a ring of sadness in his voice which she found puzzling until she remembered something from the past — Eddie 's voice repeating what he 'd told her all those years ago at the Oulton Park circuit . |
| 8 | I should have thought he 'd told you all about it by now , or do n't you two ever communicate properly ? |
| 9 | Leonard Bilsiter enjoyed telling them all about Siberian Magic and hidden powers . |
| 10 | He knew I 'd be interested in the reward money before he started telling me all the details , otherwise he 'd have kept most of it to himself . |
| 11 | She had been to see Enter the Dragon and started to tell him all about the code of kung fu as he hurried her upstairs . |
| 12 | I did n't know how to begin , so began by assuming that my parents knew where I was and then proceeded to tell them all the details of the food , living conditions , pay and training . |
| 13 | Molly had told him all about Mrs Curdle and gipsies ' ways . |
| 14 | Rufus grinned , for of course Adam had told him all about Hilbert 's will . |
| 15 | Elder Wiggs had told him all about Spanish Fork . |
| 16 | Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know . |
| 17 | He wondered why she had told him all this . |
| 18 | During that half-hour coffee break Jeff had told her all about Silvia and about how Guido was trying to break up the romance . |
| 19 | His mother clung to him and wanted to tell him all about her mother 's death as well as telling him how happy she was to welcome Helen into the family . |