Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken told him about a trip he had made to Spain with a friend whom he called ‘ Milicent ’ . |
| 2 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 3 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 4 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 5 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 6 | Sarah told her about the visit to St Bartholomew 's . |
| 7 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 8 | Ward told him about the two diversions below Chilete and the need to switch to the old road that ran along the lip of the gorge . |
| 9 | Kelly told him about the call to the weighing room , her father 's letter , the death of Broom-Parker . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose His Holiness Pope Breakspear told you about the senator 's offer , eh , Thessalonians ? |
| 11 | Is that the day Jane asked them about the pension , how much there 'd |
| 12 | So Brenda told her about the adventurous ride by the short cut . |
| 13 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 14 | Remembering that Peter Suvarov had , himself , taken part in that Revolution , Julia asked him about the Russians ' probable intentions . |
| 15 | ‘ Did you see Tamar 's face when Stephen told us about the groom — Davis , was it ? ’ |
| 16 | Luney told me about the party . |
| 17 | Eventually Connor told her about the intruders and they had agreed not to discuss the burglary in front of Danny . |
| 18 | Lucy Lane told him about the journal . |
| 19 | Mahmoud asked them about the girl . |
| 20 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 21 | So , yeah it 's erm I think he 's living with Marion told him about the house , it 's one of the girls who was in English last year with her , Maureen , he 's living with her and another girl , and another boy . |
| 22 | Then Mary told him about the moor , and Dickon , and Ben Weatherstaff , and the robin , and Colin listened to it all with great interest . |
| 23 | Lowell told him about the trap . |
| 24 | In J.F. Campbell 's Popular Tales of the West Highlands ( XXVIII ) there is the story of The Smith and The Fairies which the Rev. Thomas Pattieson told him about a MacEachern at Crosbrig . |
| 25 | While they ate their first course , a delicately flavoured clear soup , Nathan told her about the winemaking establishments which lay along the shore to the south of the town . |
| 26 | Nathan told them about the can of beans , the shotgun hold-up , the brutal thrashing in the back yard . |
| 27 | She smiled vaguely when Myra asked her about the dinner and walked out of the room into Roman 's waiting arms . |
| 28 | After a moment , Doyle said , ‘ Cowley told me about the girl . ’ |
| 29 | As calmly as possible , Cowley told them about the accident on the outskirts of London . |
| 30 | Billy 's eyes shone as Yanto told him about the bike . |