Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] about his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he lit a cigarette , ( he rolls his own from a tobacco mix in a tin ) he told me about his early life . |
| 2 | I — er — I told him about his insulting you . ’ |
| 3 | Squeaky whistled in amazement when Yanto told him about his recent monster catch . |
| 4 | If so , no one would ever have dared to tease him about his middle name . |
| 5 | He told her about his old school . |
| 6 | Captain Coote 's sea pieces were fully manned and he told us about his contributing authors , unlike Mr Raban , who gives us only their dates and sometimes a mention in the introduction . |
| 7 | Greg did not enlighten him about his real origins . |
| 8 | The Friar broke off a young oak bough and waved it about his sweating forehead to keep off the flies that followed him in wavering clouds , a floating band of skirmishers that his ceaseless counter-attacks could not drive away . |
| 9 | I talked to him after a recent gig in Manchester ( which saw Robben playing with Roscoe Beck on bass and drummer Tom Brechtlien ) and asked him about his new album . |
| 10 | We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin . |
| 11 | ‘ I am constantly painting , scrubbing out and reworking areas of a picture and often marvellous unexpected results will emerge ’ explained Mick Rooney when Julian Halsby asked him about his working methods in this special interview for The Artist |
| 12 | I asked him about his temporary drinking problem . |
| 13 | In the music room , which has its walls lined with framed gold records and death threats from fundamentalist religious groups , Ice-T tells me about his future plans . |
| 14 | afford , ca n't afford at the minute , I was just saying to dad Bri 's gon na get us some shopping on his cheque book , I tell you , did I tell you about his embarrassing moment ? |
| 15 | A company representative or agent will only tell you about his own firm 's plans and so his advice will be limited . |
| 16 | ‘ Did they tell you about his Last Words ? ’ |
| 17 | But ask him about his particular interests and proudest possessions , and his reply will be underpinned by a reverence and fondness undisturbed by the passage of years . |
| 18 | Taxi driver Dermot Smith stabbed his wife Norma , 45 , four times after she taunted him about his sexual performance compared to her lover . |
| 19 | It was Peters who chided him about his frail physique , which led to his regular attendance at August 's Gymnasium , which was in the basement of Apley Hall . |
| 20 | During their courtship Diana had asked him about his previous girlfriends . |
| 21 | But first , Wesley Snipes tells us about his co-starring role with Sean Connery in the film Rising Sun . |
| 22 | Tony tells us about his lone stay in the Westmann Islands off Iceland when I had to leave four days earlier than him . |
| 23 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
| 24 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
| 25 | Butch hit a decent shot down the first , and then turned round to ask me about his second shot . |
| 26 | He had written telling them about his recent marriage to Rachel in Sydney , but he had n't given any address or any details of the wedding . |
| 27 | Our friend Nigel had anonymously contacted the company who had made the fuss about the takeover , telling them about his little campaign and inviting them to offer their financial support . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What gave you the idea we were going to ask you about his personal life ? |
| 29 | What was important to her was sitting here , like this , with Simon telling her about his personal life . |
| 30 | I , I mean the , the conversation started off and when , when you started to ask him about his existing or his previous pensionable employment as a carpenter he really had n't got a clue as to what it was all about . |