Example sentences of "[adv] to tell [pers pn] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 2 | He did not explain what he meant , but went on rather quickly to tell me about the appointment , and for a while we talked about Cambridge , and places and people that we both knew well . |
| 3 | We 'll wait for the lads up there to tell us about the blood and we 'll read the autopsy report . |
| 4 | He went on to tell them about the school . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |