Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 2 | I told her of the storms I had known as a child in America , of the sea lifting the paving stones in Penzance , of the ice storms in New England where each twig , each leaf is coated in ice , and of how , when the sun shines , it is as though the world were crystallised , as though nature were encapsulated in a diamond . |
| 3 | I told her of the dead snake that you and she had found once , and which had been your special secret . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm very shocked and disappointed for Ricky , ’ said Stewart when I told him of the retirement news . |
| 5 | I had an abortion , without telling anyone ; the father left me when I told him of the pregnancy . |
| 6 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 7 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 8 | I told him of the change in men like Alec Smith , Elliott Gabellah and Arthur Kanodereka . |
| 9 | Now , have I told you of the Lady Maude 's preparations for Christmas ? ’ |
| 10 | A few of the better examples are of superior Dwarf workmanship , and on these can be read Dwarf runes which tell something of the history of the Emperors and their times . |
| 11 | Many things are told to the reader throughout the novel through conversation or through reading something such as the reading of the tombstone which tells us of the death of Pip 's parents . |
| 12 | As they travelled west , along the same route that the young cadet had come , they met travellers who told them of the horrors of the revolution . |
| 13 | They were welcomed by Guinness Brewing Worldwide Managing Director , who is chairman of the Guinness Group 's Pension Trust , and who told them of the latest developments at their former workplace . |
| 14 | That afternoon in the big , empty cinema , I gave him a private showing of the film , and there were many pictures of Danckwerts 's shipmates of thirty years earlier , including an interview I had had with his immediate superior , Captain Helmuth Giessler , the ship 's navigating officer , who told me of the secret preparations he had made for the midnight departure from Brest in February 1942 of the Scharnhorst , Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen on the eve of their audacious dash through the English Channel to Germany . |
| 15 | It was also he who told me of the Great Ones , ’ he went on with a faraway look , ‘ and how they had chosen us to be saved to do this . ’ |
| 16 | When she told her of the plan to marry the child 's feelings came out . |
| 17 | She told them of the hardships suffered by our men . |
| 18 | What would he say if she told him of the background that had left her with a deep and enduring mistrust of men ? |
| 19 | ‘ I feel it , when you tell me of the apparently acceptable behaviour amongst your contemporaries . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ From what you tell me of the EC grants , he 's too damned honest , ’ Jessica laughed . |
| 21 | ‘ When you netted this young man , unproven , untrained , did you tell him of the risks ? ’ |
| 22 | Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water . |
| 23 | He told her of the visit to the farm , reminded her of the discovery of the swan and the bird 's skull ( though he knew this was taking a chance after her first , alarming reaction to the news ) , and mentioned again the note and the feather in his room . |
| 24 | It was n't until almost his last breath that he told her of the board beneath his bed and what was under it , assuring her he had saved it for her . |
| 25 | He told her of the coming to Ireland of her Norman ancestors , the de la Houssaies , and of their rise to power in Corcaguiney . |
| 26 | Only Ember cared enough to come and talk to her ; from what he told her of the others , both the towered and the plain , she was glad . |
| 27 | He had not seen the kings but he told her of the baby who was born to be King in a nearby village called Bethlehem . |
| 28 | He told him of the goal that has held him through three years in the University of the North — a campus from which student riots have spread through the country . |
| 29 | He told them of the product launches during the year , Cruzcampo 's success at the Expo event in Spain , and the development of the new staff restaurant to replace the old canteen . |
| 30 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |