Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridhe and Seamus Ban consulted him about the amount of drink that would be needed , and were told to double it . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 7 | The ceiling reminded him about the church , the roof had been mended but really it was little more than a pig sty . |
| 8 | Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . |
| 9 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 10 | The old man listened as the general told him about the incident at Pulkovo Airport . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff . |
| 13 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 14 | The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning . |
| 15 | On the hare 's return , the Moon questioned him about the message he had delivered . |
| 16 | ‘ My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45 . |
| 17 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 18 | George Cripps 's son wrote to the Yorkshire Post in October 1979 : ‘ The remarks of Mr J. McKenna make me smile when I remember some of the things which my father told me about the machinations by various members of the then Football League , which have certainly led me to believe that they were not so simon pure as the image they presented to the public . ’ |
| 19 | My father told me about the Hound of the Baskervilles . |
| 20 | A long right arm as hard as steel took him about the body , prisoning his left arm above the elbow , and the grazed breast leaned violently over him and broke his balance . |
| 21 | Far from engineering the union , as has been widely suspected , her grandmother advised her about the difficulties of marrying into the royal family . |
| 22 | Bite One : ‘ The Secretary of State told us about the silver lining — he told us nothing about the dark clouds on the horizon . ’ |
| 23 | The speaker told us about the role of the health visitor and how it was a separate profession to nursing . |
| 24 | Finn told him about the murders of the tramp and the taxi driver . |
| 25 | A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff . |
| 26 | Earlier she admitted : ‘ It was a shame it had to go ’ , when a fund-raiser at the town 's South Cleveland Hospital asked her about the returned Mercedes . |
| 27 | The doctor at the hospital told me about the pill , but said you have to take them regularly and if you forget even once , then you 'll get pregnant . |
| 28 | Doreen 's letter told us about the mysterious sickness . |
| 29 | Bobby Lavender asked me about the target range . |
| 30 | TV told me about the victim of child molestation who claimed , ‘ I owe my analyst my life ’ . |