Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 4 | Davide had turned up a coin , one afternoon , when he was mooning around ; it was a common enough type , the professor told him in the museum at Riba , where he took it for an opinion . |
| 5 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 6 | Spencer told us of the people who had been to the Chapel to see what he was doing — and told us that several generals had been there . |
| 7 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 8 | ‘ Has n't Mr Trelawney told you about the pirates ? |
| 9 | What do these syndromes tell us about the language-processing system as it exists in intact brains ? |
| 10 | Briefly explain what the result of this experiment tells you about the function of the title in this poem ( see p. 56 ) . |
| 11 | After his show yesterday we asked Fluff to tell us about the most memorable records from his 32-year career . |
| 12 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 13 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 14 | And it was in this room , quietly and simply , that Morse told her of the death of Theodore Kemp , considering , in his own strange fashion , that it was perhaps not an inappropriate time for her to know . |
| 15 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 16 | Sarah told her about the visit to St Bartholomew 's . |
| 17 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 20 | Kelly told him about the call to the weighing room , her father 's letter , the death of Broom-Parker . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose His Holiness Pope Breakspear told you about the senator 's offer , eh , Thessalonians ? |
| 22 | Mr Crowden told them of the terms of the will and suggested that Violet 's legacy seemed a poor reward and that it might be improved . |
| 23 | The whole contra operation was ‘ for God and Country , ’ , Owen said North told him in the beginning ; at its end , it had all still been done ‘ in the best interests of the United States of America ’ . |
| 24 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
| 25 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 26 | I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’ |
| 27 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 28 | What does this scene tell you about the |
| 29 | Then ( for each product remembered ) what did the ad tell you about the product ? |
| 30 | Instead , Mauriac tells us about the books he 's read , the painters he 's liked , the plays he 's seen . |