Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] about [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there . |
| 2 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 3 | You told them about the tubes in my daughter 's bag … |
| 4 | He told them about the oranges and bananas that grow in Aula and the quantities of milk and curd , and then about the monkeys that hop around and eat the crops . |
| 5 | When you told me about the horoscopes , did n't I tell you I wanted to help ? |
| 6 | It was he who told me about the injuries the King received . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
| 10 | ‘ Two years ago , Adai told you about the holes in the AOL . |
| 11 | Remember that thing I told you about the bones the other night ? |
| 12 | I told you about the pains , ’ — she is holding her stomach — ‘ and the thing I ca n't bear is this week the children have them too . ’ |
| 13 | Who told you about the blood-groups ? ’ |
| 14 | No no , do n't put the nuts in your mouth , remember what daddy told you about the nuts in there . |
| 15 | Far from engineering the union , as has been widely suspected , her grandmother advised her about the difficulties of marrying into the royal family . |
| 16 | Strange , I never told him about the horrors of Maubisson . ) |
| 17 | ‘ Gog sent us to prison because we told him about the holes in the AOL . ’ |
| 18 | She told him about the notes , the broken glass and spilled wine that had shaken her so much at the time . |
| 19 | She explained the need for absolute cleanliness , showed him where he could wash , and told him about the masks and gowns . |
| 20 | I told him about the frogs and all he could think of was socks ! ’ |
| 21 | Grimma , in between sobs , told him about the frogs . |
| 22 | I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch . |
| 23 | She told him about the anti-blood-sports campaigner . |
| 24 | Finn told him about the murders of the tramp and the taxi driver . |
| 25 | When the White House lawyer first tried to debrief Reagan on what he knew of the affair , the president was said to have told him stories of Hollywood ; when journalists badgered him about the deals he had half-wittingly struck with Israel and Iran in August 1985 , he replied amiably : ‘ Everybody that can remember what they were doing on August 8th 1985 , raise your hand . ’ |
| 26 | As soon as I told her about the things that had happened , she knew . |
| 27 | He told her about the fairies who lived in the holes on the river bank , and how Billy was half leprechaun . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They talked to her about her ancestors , and about the Bright Palace which they called Teamhair in their soft voices , and they told her about the battles and the people who had made Ireland magical and marvellous and richer in folklore than any country could ever be . |
| 30 | Eventually Connor told her about the intruders and they had agreed not to discuss the burglary in front of Danny . |