Example sentences of "[to-vb] him about [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glancing at him , she was tempted to tease him about the sugar he had borrowed earlier , but if she did that it would amount to a tacit admission that he was right about her behaviour . |
| 2 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 3 | Howard wakes up in hospital with two people waiting to question him about a robbery and a dead body . |
| 4 | Dalgliesh went on to question him about the blotter and the spent match . |
| 5 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 6 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to see him about a play I have written . ’ |
| 8 | He led them into the kitchen , chatting to Blanche and Dexter as if they were house guests rather than police officers who had come to interview him about a murder . |
| 9 | The hon. Member for Gravesham ( Mr. Arnold ) said the same yesterday , but Ministers were unable to enlighten him about the method that might be used . |
| 10 | Pry now asks you to advise him about a house he wants to buy . |
| 11 | I had hoped to intervene to ask him about the extent of the Bill , but he sat down very rapidly at the end of his speech . |
| 12 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 13 | I was just about to ask him about the horse — and I never got another chance afterwards . |
| 14 | I wanted to ask him about the room , if anyone has cancelled . |
| 15 | ‘ Morning , ’ she said in a friendly voice , then pointed to the desk to remind him about the microphone . |
| 16 | to remind him about the cars . |
| 17 | At the end of April 1973 I went to see the King of Morocco to tell him about a plot to kill him . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think that 'd do him much harm , ’ she said , and went on to tell him about the incident in the Village , finishing up with the assassin 's miraculous recovery . |
| 19 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 20 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 21 | Another potential voter starts to tell him about the car that went through his garden wall . |
| 22 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 23 | He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister . |
| 24 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 25 | Got to tell him about the party . |
| 26 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 27 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |