Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan told them about the can of beans , the shotgun hold-up , the brutal thrashing in the back yard . |
| 2 | No-one told them about the drug 's side effects . |
| 3 | How often have you heard parents say , ‘ Nobody took us seriously when we told them about the problem ? ’ |
| 4 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 5 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 6 | He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver . |
| 7 | ‘ I just told them about the bullet damage to the boat and about the chart . ’ |
| 8 | As calmly as possible , Cowley told them about the accident on the outskirts of London . |
| 9 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 10 | I then told them about the apparition , how I had seen someone walking down the shed and then suddenly disappearing . |
| 11 | If you ask people to describe the times in their lives when they learned something about themselves it is often when someone else told them about the impact or bearing they observed they had in a situation . |
| 12 | She told them about the visit of Father Devlin and Malachi Drennan ; of how Malachi had asked for Una 's hand in marriage ; of how he had offered to sell seventy acres of his best land to their father if the marriage took place . |
| 13 | He told them about the Thing , and space , and the Ship in the sky . |
| 14 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 15 | Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal . |
| 16 | So I went on into the town , and told them at the castle , and the lord Beringar has set a guard on the place now until daylight . |
| 17 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 18 | Addressing the Boys ' Brigade that very Sunday , the Rev. Johnston McKay told them of the lady who , surprised by the sum raised for the clock she had given to be sold for church funds , exclaimed that she did not know she had so much to give . |
| 19 | Rory talked fast and funnily , told them of the rat they 'd found in the caravan when they 'd come to it , recounted the horrors of a little restaurant in Buncrana where they 'd eaten the night before , and laughed at the way he and Mallachy had sailed past the beach a thousand times before deciding to boldly ask them for a drink . |
| 20 | Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King . |
| 21 | ‘ He immediately rang his bosses and told them of the theft . |
| 22 | He told them of the product launches during the year , Cruzcampo 's success at the Expo event in Spain , and the development of the new staff restaurant to replace the old canteen . |
| 23 | So I rang up and told them in the office . |
| 24 | I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April ! |
| 25 | He told me of the way the rivers were kept permanently netted for fish , of the illnesses associated with la Sologne , and of its politics . |
| 26 | He later told me of the adventure he had walking round the high netting accompanied by an airman on the other side of the wire . |
| 27 | Bill Riffkind , a close friend of Sam 's , later told me of the fight . |
| 28 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 29 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 30 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |