Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] they about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 2 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 3 | Hundred thousand pounds you do not have to submit an inland revenue account , therefore you do n't need to tell them about the three hundred thousand pounds and therefore you wo n't pay inheritance tax . |
| 4 | As Craig slowly recovers one thing that really upsets his parents is that no-one from the council has bothered to see them about the accident or to ask how craig is : |
| 5 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you really going to tell them about the dream ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Remember to tell them about the hair , ’ Cal added . |
| 8 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 9 | And as for women in their 30s and 40s , Time claims they feel the feminist movement betrayed them by failing to warn them about the sacrifices women had to make in exchange for equality and by pursuing the wrong goals — pushing more strongly for the equal rights amendment than for child care or flexible working hours . |
| 10 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 11 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 12 | ‘ Supposing I offer to tell them about the Feargach Grian ? ’ |
| 13 | But they were then held in remand in prison , and did n't really know how to defend themselves , so this project will be sending lawyers into the Long Houses of the indigenous peoples , trying to educate them about the process of Malaysian law , and work it into their system of customary law , which is known as ADAT , whereby within the Long House , all the community leaders and the members within the community debate disputes over land rights , the forest , the use of it , and try and get them to use their customary law with a knowledge of the Malaysian legal process in order to form associations and fight being thrown into prison because they 're trying to defend the forest . |
| 14 | I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger . |