Example sentences of "[vb past] tell [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 2 | I tried to tell her about the horrible man on the doorstep but she would n't listen . |
| 3 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 4 | ‘ To a certain extent you 'll have free rein , ’ he 'd told her over the telephone . |
| 5 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 6 | If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency . |
| 7 | ‘ He came to tell us about the arrangements , it was n't very well organised |
| 8 | Mr Connon when I arrived told me about the letter Jenny received and also about your warning to him that there might be phone calls also . |
| 9 | Mum was waiting up for us when we got indoors , but before she could speak Mary began telling her about the agreement she had with Albert to pay for the wedding and this took the wind out of her sails . |
| 10 | As Uncle George drove off , Carol began to tell them about the strange flight she 'd had on the broomstick , but then her gaze was caught by several dark objects lying in the snow of the lane ahead . |
| 11 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 12 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 13 | Yes , and I remember the tanks moving down Whitehall ; or at any rate I remember the picture I had of them in my head as Tilly Tilling , in the middle of a history class , suddenly began to tell us about the military putsch that was coming . |
| 14 | After a few days he started telling us about the year spent in isolation . |
| 15 | She thought for a moment , then decided to tell him of the little house in Washington where she and Mama had lived before Mama married Papa — She wondered briefly what Dr Neil would have made of that story . |
| 16 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 17 | Next morning Mr Jarvis rang to tell them of the pleasure he and his daughter with her little friend had had when releasing the squirrel . |
| 18 | He weighed up what he needed to tell her about the shapechangers and theft of the nuclear device . |
| 19 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 20 | However , he did tell me about the Women 's Therapy Centre . |
| 21 | He first acquired a great deal of Gilbert and Sullivan , because his father was keen on the Savoy operas , but eventually John turned to ballet music because of the tales his parents had told him about the Diaghilev Ballet . |
| 22 | What they had told him about the paper was ‘ positively negative ’ — an endless list of what the paper was not going to do , rather than what it was going to do . |
| 23 | He could n't bring himself to believe what Ace had told him about the TARDIS 's ability to move . |
| 24 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 25 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 26 | Huddle had told him about the rogue , turning up in his garish garments and standing on the church steps , offering to sell pardons to those who could afford them . |
| 27 | Chopra had told him about the changes transforming the planet , but the shapechanger just smiled knowingly . |
| 28 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 29 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 30 | The divisional inspector had told him on the telephone of arrangements made for the use of a former Salvation Army hall , opposite the nick . |