Example sentences of "[vb past] to tell [pers pn] about the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He came to tell us about the arrangements , it was n't very well organised
2 Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL .
3 But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home .
4 He weighed up what he needed to tell her about the shapechangers and theft of the nuclear device .
5 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 .
6 Then I had to tell her about the visit — about most of it — from Sergia and her cohorts .
7 I was afraid to speak to these important people but I had to tell them about the danger .
8 I had to tell you about the risk , but I 've done this operation on bitches who were older than Sandy , and they were all successful . ’
9 ‘ He wanted to tell me about the lion hunt Claudia organized .
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