Example sentences of "[pers pn] tell me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What would you actually do then , you said you sat round a table , you told me about that , the table with the white cloth .
2 Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again .
3 You told me about that , yeah .
4 You told me about that disaster .
5 Hm I 'm glad you told me about that Lorna
6 It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand .
7 And erm then of course she told me about this so my mother went to see him .
8 You tell me about this plant , and I 'll kill you quick — bullet in the head , no more pain . ’
9 She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino .
10 Could you tell me of any water proofing kit for my 1987 One Ten .
11 ‘ Why did n't you tell me about that job . ’
12 Can you tell me about that ?
13 Can you tell me about that ?
14 Can you tell me about that ?
15 You said you had a part-time job with the local baker can you tell me about that ?
16 Can you tell me about any friends you er you made at work ?
17 Generally and for the most part they 'll come up with the same sum at the end of the day and if I go to two different philosophers and say , erm can you tell me about free will ?
18 Yes , what can you tell me about some of those ?
19 ‘ But … why did n't you tell me about this before ?
20 ‘ Why did n't you tell me about this before ? ’
21 I remember you telling me about that , Cully .
22 And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish !
23 I remember him telling me about that , that stone .
24 He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc .
25 He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties .
26 Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man .
27 He was an assiduous and permanent gambler of modest sums , He told me on one occasion that any year in which he did not win £1,000 was by his standards a failure .
28 With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing .
29 He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office .
30 ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness .
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