Example sentences of "[noun sg] tell me [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’
2 One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch .
3 Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it .
4 I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’
5 During a recent visit to an old people 's home , the officer in charge told me of the efforts she had to make to prevent the local children from taunting and mocking the residents-often through the windows .
6 The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer .
7 The night watchman told me about the incident in the morning .
8 My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about .
9 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 . ’
10 My father told me about the Hound of the Baskervilles .
11 The man told me on the telly that is the best so
12 I remember Robert Hewitt who was racing secretary telling me before the meeting .
13 ‘ A simple phone call to tell me about the problem would have saved me all this fuss and expense . ’
14 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 .
15 The carpenter tells me about the Khaki scouts .
16 ‘ I was so suprised when I got the letter telling me about the award that I burst into tears , ’ says Joan , a widow .
17 He said : ‘ A contact I made when I was in Croatia got in touch to tell me about the efforts of the villagers of Sumet , which is between Split and Mostar .
18 ‘ What a thing to tell me at the start of a visit here ! ’
19 TV told me about the victim of child molestation who claimed , ‘ I owe my analyst my life ’ .
20 My mother told me about the famous people who lived in them .
21 I laughed when my mother told me of the entire postnatal fortnight spent in the maternity hospital , with bedpans and blanket baths and fierce ward sisters who wagged fingers at you if you as much as stuck a big toe over the side of the bed .
22 As the train approached Wolverhampton , Powell the historian told me about the foundation of the town in the 10th century and how it grew to prosperity making weapons for the Civil War .
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