Example sentences of "[verb] him about his [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I — er — I told him about his insulting you . ’
2 Squeaky whistled in amazement when Yanto told him about his recent monster catch .
3 If so , no one would ever have dared to tease him about his middle name .
4 Greg did not enlighten him about his real origins .
5 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 .
6 We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin .
7 ‘ 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
8 I asked him about his temporary drinking problem .
9 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 .
10 Taxi driver Dermot Smith stabbed his wife Norma , 45 , four times after she taunted him about his sexual performance compared to her lover .
11 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 .
12 During their courtship Diana had asked him about his previous girlfriends .
13 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 .
14 He commented on how much nicer towards him the family seemed to be , including Michael , who had been telling him about his own problems at work .
15 If considered appropriate by the OR a public examination of the debtor will then be held and creditors can examine him about his financial affairs .
16 Audiences might like to quiz him about his favourite sporting moment .
17 ‘ Do n't ask him about his new domestic set-up .
18 The Baskerville lawyers are trying to contact him to tell him about his good fortune .
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