Example sentences of "[to-vb] her about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She refused the cold remains of the fish and chips , so he took the whole package out to the dustbin at the front of the house ( no need to worry her about the Sweet murder if she did n't know — and it appeared she did n't ) . |
| 2 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 3 | You 'll need to reassure her about the reliability of your products and the good service your shop offers . |
| 4 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 5 | He had to ask her about the screaming . |
| 6 | See why I had to remind her about the driving license ? |
| 7 | She gets these surges of anger now and then , against injustice and evil and so on , no matter how often I try to remind her about the facts of life . |
| 8 | Robert did not like to remind her about the nature of her costume . |
| 9 | Penry rang each night , to remind her about the weekend , he said , in case she 'd forgotten . |
| 10 | He pulled her away , and although there was a laughing expression on his face his voice was quiet as he continued to warn her about the power of the Press and how it was politic not to get up their nose whatever the provocation offered . |
| 11 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 12 | She was taking a secretarial course , and I was able to tell her about the importance of that work in hospital . |
| 13 | Undermining his mother 's social prestige was-one thing , having to tell her about the book himself was another . |
| 14 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 15 | I never got near enough to her to tell her about the boxing and eventually left home as soon as I could . ’ |
| 16 | He was very tempted to tell her about The Yellow Chair . |
| 17 | I did n't want to tell her about the light in the locked room , or about Mr Ross . |
| 18 | Christine Mills had called several times to say she wanted to see the chief inspector urgently because she had ‘ something very important ’ to tell her about the death of her father . |
| 19 | Then I had to tell her about the visit — about most of it — from Sergia and her cohorts . |
| 20 | He weighed up what he needed to tell her about the shapechangers and theft of the nuclear device . |