Example sentences of "tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | In illustration of the absurdity of this ‘ scientific ’ arrogance , and teaching a lesson which is just as applicable today , he appeals to a story Gassendi told about a friend who watched a fight between a louse and a flea through a microscope . |
| 2 | There was a story he told about the man who came to his flat and said in a gruff voice , ‘ Come on then — let's get on with it then . ’ |
| 3 | One story is told of a man who saw a leprechaun bury a purse of gold in a field of ragwort . |
| 4 | The story is told of a professor who was giving the first lecture of the year to a group of new medical students . |
| 5 | The case against Charles seemed a reasonably strong one but it was the charge of frivolity that chiefly told with the Colonel who showed a marked distaste for Charles 's habit of eccentric behaviour followed by unlikely explanation . |
| 6 | I am told by a friend who was a delegate to the Delhi conference that the concern over Britain 's importing nuclear weapons into an area hitherto free of them was real and not fictitious . |
| 7 | All praise was given to Dean Acheson , the conference chairman , for his handling of the ‘ Reds ’ ; and there were lurid tales told by a reporter who smuggled himself into the Soviets ' rented mansion disguised as a plumber ( ‘ socks and panties dangled … orange peels littered the floors … five to seven beds had been squeezed into every bedroom … ’ ) . |
| 8 | This , I was told by the teacher who tracked up in his car , was cross-country running . |
| 9 | Popular psychological accounts in the press tell of a child who was beaten by his step-father and who turned into a self- important , paranoid and sadistic adult . |
| 10 | Simpson read and paced a game brilliantly , his high scoring feats ( even in an age of high scores ) tell of a man who could always find the split-second of time , the extra half-yard of space or ounce of energy to beat an opponent . |
| 11 | This traditional story tells of a boy who had been substituted for the smith 's own son who had been taken away by fairies . |
| 12 | Teesside counsellor Cricket Kemp tells of a couple who suffered from just a simple misunderstanding . |
| 13 | John Rhys tells of a fenoderee who was given a suit of clothes ; so disgusted was he with this ‘ bribe ’ that he placed a curse on the family for each item . |
| 14 | The first tells of a man who found some buried treasure in a field . |
| 15 | One sermon to urge the duty of penance and confession tells of a woman who had committed a sin which she could not bring herself to confess for shame . |
| 16 | In Lady Wilde 's tale November Eve ( from Ancient Legends , Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland ) , she tells of a lad who was lured to a fairy revel where he met Finvarra and Oonagh . |
| 17 | An old folktale tells of a bwca who was tricked by a servant girl into drinking urine instead of the customary cream . |