Example sentences of "[vb pp] him about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 2 | I 've quizzed him about the noise , but he says he 's never heard it — well of course he has n't , he 's fast asleep ! |
| 3 | His Mum must have persuaded him about the parrot . |
| 4 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 5 | Had Dane told him about the weekend in Glenshee ? |
| 6 | Chopra had told him about the changes transforming the planet , but the shapechanger just smiled knowingly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She 'd told him about the looks aimed at her by Adam 's teachers . |
| 9 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 10 | He could n't bring himself to believe what Ace had told him about the TARDIS 's ability to move . |
| 11 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " Have you asked him about the insurance valuation ? " |
| 15 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 16 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 17 | She had asked him about the planet . |
| 18 | We have , therefore , beaten him about the head with Eric Partridge 's unimpeachable Dictionary of Slang , which defines a gricer as an ‘ engine spotter . ’ |
| 19 | Anthony would probably move on sooner or later ; his bosses , two Anglo-Italian academics , had already warned him about the carelessness of his work . |