Example sentences of "[vb past] me about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 2 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |
| 3 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said , ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ . |
| 4 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 5 | " You never told me about that old Mr Bale , Lyn , " said Mrs Newman . |
| 6 | And he said , oh yes , he said , Roger told me about that , he said , I did n't even know we were getting that . |
| 7 | It was just that i it was almost in passing he said , well yeah Roger told me about that . |
| 8 | What would you actually do then , you said you sat round a table , you told me about that , the table with the white cloth . |
| 9 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 10 | You told me about that , yeah . |
| 11 | Joanne told me about that you |
| 12 | You told me about that disaster . |
| 13 | Nobody told me about that ! |
| 14 | Hm I 'm glad you told me about that Lorna |
| 15 | The lecturer appointed to teach the students , who was later to become the college 's special needs coordinator , once told me about those early beginnings as ‘ part of the Engineering Department , based in a hut on the field ’ . |
| 16 | My history books told me about those wicked aristocrats of the nineteenth century , they used their position as landlords to force their tenants to , to vote in a certain way , to force their tenants in other words to take up a particular position on a matter of controversy . |
| 17 | Little Liz told me about some of them . |
| 18 | Today , someone told me about some fires in the new forest here in Africa ; but Gog does n't want to hear about those fires . ’ |
| 19 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 20 | He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’ |
| 21 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 22 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 23 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Nobody told me about this . |
| 26 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 27 | And erm then of course she told me about this so my mother went to see him . |
| 28 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 29 | That 's why you heard me about this morning ! |
| 30 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |